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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Paducah, KY

May 10, 20164 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 4:37 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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
May 10, 2016, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Trigg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 5:01 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDCrofton, KYNEAR CROFTON
May 10, 5:03 PM CDTHAIL 1Crofton, KY

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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°0°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.

131 
WFUS53 KPAH 102137
TORPAH
KYC033-047-107-221-102200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0033.160510T2137Z-160510T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER COBB...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF DAWSON SPRINGS...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 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...
  CROFTON AROUND 455 PM CDT. 
  NORTONVILLE AROUND 500 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HAWKINS AND WHITE PLAINS.

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 3693 8772 3708 8780 3724 8737 3700 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 250DEG 32KT 3702 8772 

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

$$

ML

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, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves29 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, 4:42 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

Nearby

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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.