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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

April 27, 2016McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT for McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. 4 reports 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: Apr 27, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Slaughters, KY	BREIF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Slaughters, KY	BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Beech Grove, KY	LAW ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED A FEW PHONE CALLS FROM PUBLIC REPORTING A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE COMMUNITY. LATE REPORT
Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beech Grove, KY	WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. LATE REPORT

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
Apr 27, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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

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The text

As transmitted.

067 
WFUS53 KPAH 272215
TORPAH
KYC149-233-272245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.160427T2215Z-160427T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR SEBREE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF CALHOUN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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...
  SEBREE AROUND 525 PM CDT. 
  BEECH GROVE AROUND 535 PM CDT. 

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 3751 8749 3754 8755 3764 8753 3765 8750
      3766 8749 3767 8747 3767 8742 3768 8741
      3768 8740 3765 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 215DEG 19KT 3754 8750 

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

$$

JP

1 follow-up statement

963 
WWUS53 KPAH 272230
SVSPAH

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

KYC149-233-272245-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160427T2245Z/
MCLEAN KY-WEBSTER KY-
530 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN AND NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...
        
AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BEECH GROVE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHOUN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 

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...
  BEECH GROVE AROUND 540 PM CDT. 

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 3754 8746 3757 8752 3764 8753 3765 8750
      3766 8749 3767 8747 3767 8742 3768 8741
      3768 8740 3765 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 215DEG 19KT 3761 8744 

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

$$

JP

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, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, Muhlenberg	30 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, 5:28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.