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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Paducah, KY

April 27, 2016Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 6:10 PM CDT for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 min. 2 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, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 6:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ssw Owensboro, KY	EF-0 TORNADO. PEAK WIND 80 MPH. PATH WIDTH 125 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 1.5 MILES. DOZENS OF TREES OR LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN. PARTIAL SHINGLE LOSS AND OTHER MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. ONE HOME HAD FRONT PORTCH BLOWN OFF. A BARN HAD DOORS BLOWN OFF OR BENT IN. A
Apr 27, 6:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Owensboro, KY	TRAILER ROLLED OVER AND DESTROYED ON KEENLAND PARKWAY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

663 
WFUS53 KPAH 272310
TORPAH
KYC059-149-272330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0023.160427T2310Z-160427T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
    
* AT 610 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. JOSEPH...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF CALHOUN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OWENSBORO AND MASONVILLE AROUND 620 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MOSELEYVILLE.

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 3767 8697 3757 8732 3765 8738 3784 8716
      3781 8714 3779 8713 3778 8711 3779 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 238DEG 49KT 3767 8725 

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

$$

JP

1 follow-up statement

231 
WWUS53 KPAH 272325
SVSPAH

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

KYC149-272334-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160427T2330Z/
MCLEAN KY-
625 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. **! THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
INDIANA...AND NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3767 8697 3766 8714 3774 8722 3784 8716
      3781 8714 3779 8713 3778 8711 3779 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 238DEG 49KT 3777 8704 

$$

KYC059-272330-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160427T2330Z/
DAVIESS KY-
625 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DAVIESS COUNTY...
    
AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OWENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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
CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY.

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 3767 8697 3766 8714 3774 8722 3784 8716
      3781 8714 3779 8713 3778 8711 3779 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 238DEG 49KT 3777 8704 

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

$$

JP

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 27, 2:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Paducah KY
244 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

.SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Friday night)
Issued at 244 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2016

Models still indicate showers and thunderstorms will be developing
by late this afternoon and will continue into this evening as an
area of low pressure surges out ahead of the approaching cold
front. Not sure of how widespread the convective activity will be,
but for now will go with high chance west to likely pops east late
today into this evening, and make some adjustments as things
develop. Showers and storms should be ending along and west of
the Mississippi River by around midnight, and across the rest of
the PAH forecast area by daybreak as the cold front pushes east of
our region Thursday morning. ECMWF is a little slower with the
cold front, but all the models in general have been a little off
in the timing with this system, so will just go dry after 12z
Thursday for now and make adjustments as needed.

We should see a brief break in our unsettled weather pattern
Thursday into Thursday night as a weak upper level ridge slides
across the area. By 12z Friday, models show a surface low over
the Southern Plains and a warm front lifting northward toward our
region. ECMWF and GFS are in good agreement spreading some
showers and storms into southwest portions of the PAH forecast
area by Friday afternoon, with showers and storms spreading
northeast across our entire region Friday night. Went with chance
pops for our southwest on Friday, the likely southwest to good
chance northeast for Friday night.

It will remain warm into tonight, and the air behind the cold
front is not much cooler than our current air mass, so
temperatures will only drop back a few degrees for Thursday into
Friday night.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Wednesday)
Issued at 244 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2016

At the beginning of the period, a complex pattern over the west US
will be characterized by a couple of lows over the Intermountain
West and Plains. A warm front will be in the vicinity. Will maintain
high PoPs for convection Saturday through Saturday night as energy
ejects ENE across the region from the trof to our west. PoPs for
convection will linger into Sunday. For the Monday through Wednesday
time frame, confidence lowers considerably with respect to the
evolution of the mid tropospheric flow pattern. Will leave a slight
chance of showers in for Tuesday/Wednesday as multiple solutions
suggest the chance. Other periods will be dry for now. However,
there will likely be adjustments to minimal PoP chances. Used a
blend of operational and ensemble MOS with our existing numbers for
temperatures.

&&

.AVIATION...
Issued at 244 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2016

Shra and Tsra are expected to develop through 00z across the TAF
sites, then taper off from west to east from 02z to 06z. Shra and
tsra are still possible after 06z due to a passing cold front,
but chances are too low to include for now. MVFR conditions are
likely with storms, VFR conditions are expected away from showers
and storms. Winds will be from the southeast to south at 8 to 12
kts with some higher gusts possible into this evening, becoming
southwest around 5 kts during the overnight. Gusty winds and hail
will be possible with stronger storms.

&&

.PAH Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
IL...None.
MO...None.
IN...None.
KY...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...RST
LONG TERM...CN
AVIATION...RST

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:02 AM CDT, 15 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
302 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-281000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
302 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY, PARTICULARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ACROSS THE BULK OF THE QUAD STATE REGION.
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
HAZARDS EXPECTED, BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL POSE ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS THREATS WITH
STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THIS WEEKEND AND MAY INCLUDE
HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS AS WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED LATER TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:33 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
533 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0523 PM     FLOOD            4 NW CENTRAL CITY       37.34N 87.18W
04/27/2016                   MUHLENBERG         KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER BILLY DRAKE ROAD

&&

RST

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:51 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
551 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     CENTRAL CITY            37.30N 87.13W
04/27/2016                   MUHLENBERG         KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED AT CENTRAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

&&

CTN

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:52 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
552 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0551 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DIXON                   37.52N 87.69W
04/27/2016                   WEBSTER            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLASH FLOODING BEING REPORTED COUNTY-WIDE.

&&

BP2

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:58 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
558 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0552 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     HANSON                  37.42N 87.47W
04/27/2016                   HOPKINS            KY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

RST

Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:02 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
602 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0601 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HENDERSON               37.84N 87.58W
04/27/2016                   HENDERSON          KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ALTERNATE 41 AND 425 IS FLOODED.

&&

BP2

Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
603 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0603 PM     FLASH FLOOD      EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
04/27/2016                   VANDERBURGH        IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TWO VEHICLES IN HIGH WATER AT MAIN AND DIVISION

&&

BP2

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, 5:15 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, 6:14 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.