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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Paducah, KY

March 2, 20124 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 2:12 PM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2012, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 2:45 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Daviess County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 2:25 PM CSTHAIL 1.2510 Nw Calhoun, KYHALF DOLLAR HAIL REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY OF BEACH GROVE.
Mar 2, 2:39 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Slaughters, KYGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 9:54 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1667 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

651 
WFUS53 KPAH 022012
TORPAH
KYC059-107-149-233-022045-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0049.120302T2012Z-120302T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
212 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 245 PM CST.

* AT 210 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR DIXON...OR 10
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PROVIDENCE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  CALHOUN...SEBREE...BEECH GROVE...SLAUGHTERS AND MOSELEYVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 8709 3750 8711 3741 8768 3758 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 246DEG 55KT 3753 8761

$$
1 follow-up statement
332 
WWUS53 KPAH 022032
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
232 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC107-233-022042-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120302T2045Z/
WEBSTER KY-HOPKINS KY-
232 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HOPKINS AND EASTERN WEBSTER
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3747 8732 3767 8737 3774 8709 3750 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 246DEG 55KT 3765 8726

$$

KYC059-149-022045-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120302T2045Z/
MCLEAN KY-DAVIESS KY-
232 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND
NORTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 245 PM
CST...

AT 229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEECH GROVE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CALHOUN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3747 8732 3767 8737 3774 8709 3750 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 246DEG 55KT 3765 8726

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 1:30 AM CSTWind AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more19 hr
Mar 2, 6:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd14 min
Mar 2, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard33 min
Mar 2, 1:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston22 min
Mar 2, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken34 min
Mar 2, 1:28 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, Union32 min
Mar 2, 1:38 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall37 min
Mar 2, 1:49 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall26 min
Mar 2, 1:54 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster36 min
Mar 2, 1:55 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson50 min
Mar 2, 1:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton, Hickman18 min
Mar 2, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon30 min
Mar 2, 2:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall33 min
Mar 2, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess12 min
Mar 2, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg19 min
Mar 2, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg27 min
Mar 2, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Trigg24 min
Mar 2, 3:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd39 min
Mar 2, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg, Todd30 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd25 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.