Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 5:57 PM CDT for Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Union County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wsw Morganfield, KY | EF1 TORNADO. PEAK WIND 50 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 3.6 MILES. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. ENDING 2.1 MILES W OF MORGANFIELD. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. |
| May 10, 6:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | Morganfield, KY | |
| May 10, 6:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | W Morganfield, KY | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 1/2 MILE WEST OF MORGANFIELD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.
699
WFUS53 KPAH 102257
TORPAH
KYC225-102330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0045.160510T2257Z-160510T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
557 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 557 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAWNEETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
MORGANFIELD AROUND 615 PM CDT.
BRECKINRIDGE CENTER AND UNIONTOWN AROUND 620 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WAVERLY.
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 3782 8787 3765 8777 3758 8813 3764 8816
3766 8816 3770 8813 3778 8796 3777 8795
3779 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 246DEG 25KT 3766 8807
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
979
WWUS53 KPAH 102303
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
603 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KYC225-102330-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160510T2330Z/
UNION KY-
603 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
UNION COUNTY...
AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MORGANFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORGANFIELD AROUND 615 PM CDT.
BRECKINRIDGE CENTER AND UNIONTOWN AROUND 620 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WAVERLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3782 8787 3765 8777 3762 8804 3769 8808
3778 8796 3777 8795 3779 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 246DEG 25KT 3768 8802
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$537
WWUS53 KPAH 102322
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KYC225-102330-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160510T2330Z/
UNION KY-
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...
AT 621 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BRECKINRIDGE CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
WAVERLY.
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 3766 8777 3764 8791 3770 8798 3777 8792
3782 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 246DEG 25KT 3773 8787
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The 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, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 31 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016
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.