Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 3:35 PM CST for Hopkins County, McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 3:35 PM CST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 2, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
146
WFUS53 KPAH 022135
TORPAH
KYC107-149-177-022215-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0001.160202T2135Z-160202T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
335 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTH CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 335 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISONVILLE...EARLINGTON...MORTONS GAP...HANSON...SACRAMENTO...ST.
CHARLES AND BREMEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3715 8755 3730 8769 3758 8734 3737 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 230DEG 42KT 3732 8749
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
113
WWUS53 KPAH 022154
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
354 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
KYC107-177-022203-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T2215Z/
HOPKINS KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
354 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HOPKINS AND NORTHWESTERN
MUHLENBERG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3741 8729 3740 8731 3740 8733 3741 8733
3743 8735 3748 8735 3749 8736 3752 8735
3753 8737 3755 8736 3756 8737 3758 8734
3743 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 230DEG 42KT 3746 8728
$$
KYC149-022215-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T2215Z/
MCLEAN KY-
354 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY...
AT 353 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF CALHOUN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SACRAMENTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3741 8729 3740 8731 3740 8733 3741 8733
3743 8735 3748 8735 3749 8736 3752 8735
3753 8737 3755 8736 3756 8737 3758 8734
3743 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 230DEG 42KT 3746 8728
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Lyon | 23 min |
| Feb 2, 7:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Caldwell | 16 min |
| Feb 2, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.