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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Paducah, KY

April 27, 2016Hopkins County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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: Apr 27, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Hopkins County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 669 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

951 
WFUS53 KPAH 272145
TORPAH
KYC107-177-272215-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0018.160427T2145Z-160427T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
445 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
    
* AT 444 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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
  EAST CENTRAL HOPKINS AND NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTIES.

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 3728 8745 3732 8749 3751 8736 3749 8736
      3748 8735 3746 8736 3742 8735 3741 8733
      3740 8733 3740 8731 3739 8730 3738 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 237DEG 19KT 3732 8743 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JP

1 follow-up statement

321 
WWUS53 KPAH 272207
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
507 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

KYC107-177-272216-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160427T2215Z/
HOPKINS KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
507 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOPKINS AND NORTHWESTERN
MUHLENBERG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR NORTH CENTRAL MUHLENBERG.

LAT...LON 3728 8745 3732 8749 3751 8736 3749 8736
      3748 8735 3746 8736 3742 8735 3741 8733
      3740 8733 3740 8731 3739 8730 3738 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 237DEG 19KT 3732 8743 

$$

PS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess	3 hr
Apr 27, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson and 10 more	61 min
Apr 27, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden	27 min
Apr 27, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, Muhlenberg	26 min
Apr 27, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	27 min
Apr 27, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Marshall	40 min
Apr 27, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	24 min
Apr 27, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, Lyon, Marshall	35 min
Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, Webster	23 min
Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union, Webster	37 min
Apr 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden	20 min
Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall	3 hr
Apr 27, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon	32 min
Apr 27, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	28 min
Apr 27, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union, Webster	25 min
Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	McLean, Webster	30 min
Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	62 min
Apr 27, 5:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union, Webster	3 hr
Apr 27, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean	15 min
Apr 27, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Daviess, McLean	20 min
Apr 27, 6:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, McLean	3 hr
Apr 27, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Daviess, McLean	13 min
Apr 27, 6:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Hopkins	89 min
Apr 27, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Daviess	12 min
Apr 27, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Daviess	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.