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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 5:20 PM CDT for Daviess County, McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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
- May 10, 2016, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
570
WFUS53 KPAH 102220
TORPAH
KYC059-149-177-102300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0041.160510T2220Z-160510T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 520 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIVERMORE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
CALHOUN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
LIVERMORE AROUND 530 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BREMEN...SMALLHOUS...SACRAMENTO...ISLAND AND SOUTH CARROLLTON.
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 3755 8705 3747 8711 3748 8713 3746 8711
3739 8710 3737 8708 3737 8706 3736 8709
3738 8710 3734 8714 3728 8727 3737 8731
3739 8730 3740 8732 3747 8735 3766 8697
3762 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 250DEG 29KT 3742 8723
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
ML1 follow-up statement
882
WWUS53 KPAH 102249
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
549 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KYC059-149-177-102259-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160510T2300Z/
MCLEAN KY-DAVIESS KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
549 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN...SOUTH CENTRAL
DAVIESS AND NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3755 8705 3747 8711 3748 8713 3746 8711
3739 8710 3737 8708 3737 8706 3736 8709
3738 8710 3734 8714 3728 8727 3737 8731
3739 8730 3740 8732 3747 8735 3766 8697
3762 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 250DEG 29KT 3750 8695
$$
MLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 51 min |
| May 9, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ballard | 49 min |
| May 9, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 37 min |
| May 9, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 69 min |
| May 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union, Webster | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 24 min |
| May 10, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 32 min |
| May 10, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 34 min |
| May 10, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 35 min |
| May 10, 1:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Graves, Hickman | 32 min |
| May 10, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 29 min |
| May 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Marshall | 48 min |
| May 10, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 23 min |
| May 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 45 min |
| May 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster | 25 min |
| May 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 34 min |
| May 10, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 23 min |
| May 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean | 33 min |
| May 10, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 46 min |
| May 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 33 min |
| May 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 18 min |
| May 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 34 min |
| May 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian | 37 min |
| May 10, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 28 min |
| May 10, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian | 39 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.