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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 6:40 PM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 6:40 PM CST (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Crittenden County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:42 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 W Wheatcroft, KY | ...CONFIRMED...EF-0 WITH PK WND 75 MPH. PATH LENGTH 7.5 MILES AND PATH WIDTH 125 YARDS. BEGAN 1.5 MILES W WHEATCROFT AND END 5 N CLAY. DAMAGE...SEVERAL SMALL TREES AND TREE LIMBS BROKEN AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE BARN. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914
WFUS53 KPAH 210040
TORPAH
KYC055-101-225-233-210115-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0009.140221T0040Z-140221T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
640 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 636 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF STURGIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAY...DIXON...CORYDON...SEBREE AND ROBARDS.
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 3737 8792 3751 8805 3781 8763 3766 8747
3763 8750 3759 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 233DEG 57KT 3750 8788
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$3 follow-up statements
104
WWUS53 KPAH 210048
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
648 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
KYC055-210057-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0115Z/
CRITTENDEN KY-
648 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3742 8781 3758 8794 3781 8763 3767 8748
3764 8749 3763 8750 3759 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 233DEG 57KT 3756 8778
$$
KYC101-225-233-210115-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0115Z/
UNION KY-WEBSTER KY-HENDERSON KY-
648 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON...
WEBSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL
715 PM CST...
AT 645 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE
AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHEATCROFT...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEARING...TILDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3742 8781 3758 8794 3781 8763 3767 8748
3764 8749 3763 8750 3759 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 233DEG 57KT 3756 8778
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN
$$809
WWUS53 KPAH 210055
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
655 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
KYC101-225-233-210115-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0115Z/
UNION KY-WEBSTER KY-HENDERSON KY-
655 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON...
WEBSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL
715 PM CST...
AT 650 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE
AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DIXON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN TILDEN OR
POOLE YOU NEED TO BE IN SHELTER...PREFERABLY UNDERGROUND.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORYDON...SEBREE AND ROBARDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3742 8781 3758 8794 3781 8763 3767 8748
3764 8749 3763 8750 3759 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 233DEG 57KT 3763 8767
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN
$$990
WWUS53 KPAH 210101
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
701 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
KYC225-233-210111-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0115Z/
UNION KY-WEBSTER KY-
701 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEBSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3765 8749 3764 8767 3764 8774 3767 8775
3772 8775 3781 8763 3767 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 233DEG 57KT 3769 8757
$$
KYC101-210115-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0115Z/
HENDERSON KY-
701 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 715 PM CST...
AT 659 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE
AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBARDS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3765 8749 3764 8767 3764 8774 3767 8775
3772 8775 3781 8763 3767 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 233DEG 57KT 3769 8757
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken, Marshall | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 6:03 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 4 more | 66 days |
| Feb 20, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 7:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 42 min |
| Feb 20, 7:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 25 min |
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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.