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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sw Greenville, KY | AN 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
JP1 follow-up statement
342
WWUS53 KPAH 280049
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
749 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016
KYC177-280100-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160328T0100Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-
749 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MUHLENBERG COUNTY...
AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL MUHLENBERG COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
DRAKESBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 8717 3715 8719 3732 8711 3714 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 245DEG 39KT 3715 8713
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 16 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.