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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Paducah, KY

May 10, 2016Graves County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 2:46 PM CDT for Graves County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. 6 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
May 10, 2016, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Graves County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 2:47 PM CDTTORNADO4 Ene Fancy Farm, KY
May 10, 2:47 PM CDTTORNADOMayfield, KY*** 8 INJ *** 8 NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES REPORTED BY KY STATE POLICE.
May 10, 2:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Mayfield, KYCOLLAPSED BUILDING ON HWY 121 NORTH IN GRAVES COUNTY. LIKELY TORNADO DAMAGE.
May 10, 2:51 PM CDTTORNADO2 Nnw Mayfield, KYTORNADO ON THE GROUND CROSSING HIGHWAY 121
May 10, 2:55 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Mayfield, KYTORNADO ON THE GROUND CROSSING HIGHWAY 45. DAMAGE/DEBRIS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
May 10, 3:06 PM CDTTORNADO10 Ne Mayfield, KYTORNADO ON THE GROUND PRODUCING DAMAGE ON THE GRAVES/MARSHALL COUNTY LINE.

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
May 10, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

686 
WFUS53 KPAH 101946
TORPAH
KYC083-102015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0028.160510T1946Z-160510T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
246 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
    
* AT 245 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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 GRAVES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: SYMSONIA...
  FANCY FARM AND WINGO.

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 3677 8881 3683 8881 3694 8849 3671 8849
      3665 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 246DEG 42KT 3677 8871 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton51 min
May 9, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHBallard49 min
May 9, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle37 min
May 9, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall69 min
May 10, 11:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess, Henderson, Union, Webster3 hr
May 10, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean24 min
May 10, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster32 min
May 10, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess34 min
May 10, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess35 min
May 10, 1:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess3 hr
May 10, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Graves, Hickman32 min
May 10, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Marshall48 min
May 10, 3:07 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall23 min
May 10, 3:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHLyon, Marshall, Trigg45 min
May 10, 4:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess3 hr
May 10, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster25 min
May 10, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg34 min
May 10, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg23 min
May 10, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins, McLean33 min
May 10, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg46 min
May 10, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, McLean, Muhlenberg29 min
May 10, 5:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHMuhlenberg31 min
May 10, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion33 min
May 10, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg18 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion34 min
May 10, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian37 min
May 10, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden28 min
May 10, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian39 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.