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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

March 27, 2016Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2016, 7:34 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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
Mar 27, 2016, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 7:35 PM CDTTORNADO5 Sw Greenville, KYAN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 735 PM CDT 2.7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITE PLAINS, OR JUST WEST OF THE CHRISTIAN/MUHLENBERG LINE. THIS TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST INTO MUHLENBERG COUNTY TO 5.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE AT 740 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO CAUSED MAINLY

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 27, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

402 
WFUS53 KPAH 280034
TORPAH
KYC177-280100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.160328T0034Z-160328T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
734 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 734 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WEIR...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENVILLE AND POWDERLY AROUND 745 PM CDT. 
  CENTRAL CITY AROUND 750 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DRAKESBORO.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 8699 3708 8728 3709 8728 3711 8729
      3711 8731 3714 8733 3732 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 238DEG 49KT 3713 8728 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JP
1 follow-up statement
342 
WWUS53 KPAH 280049
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
749 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

KYC177-280100-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160328T0100Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-
749 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MUHLENBERG COUNTY...
    
AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL MUHLENBERG COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
DRAKESBORO.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3710 8717 3715 8719 3732 8711 3714 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 245DEG 39KT 3715 8713 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian28 min
Mar 27, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg16 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.