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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY

May 10, 2016Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 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, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 6:18 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
May 10, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

410 
WFUS53 KPAH 102300
TORPAH
KYC177-102330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0046.160510T2300Z-160510T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
    
* AT 600 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR DUNMOR...OR 10 MILES EAST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION BUT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
           PRODUCING A TORNADO.

  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
  SOUTHEASTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  DRAKESBORO.

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 3711 8691 3709 8689 3707 8702 3723 8710
      3729 8698 3727 8698 3726 8696 3724 8694
      3724 8691 3723 8692 3721 8690 3719 8691
      3718 8689 3718 8692 3714 8693 3711 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 249DEG 25KT 3719 8699 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
377 
WWUS53 KPAH 102318
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
618 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

KYC177-102327-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160510T2330Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-
618 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MUHLENBERG 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 SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3711 8691 3709 8689 3707 8702 3723 8710
      3729 8698 3727 8698 3726 8696 3724 8694
      3724 8691 3723 8692 3721 8690 3719 8691
      3718 8689 3718 8692 3714 8693 3711 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 249DEG 25KT 3723 8685 

$$

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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, 2:46 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, 4:37 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, 6:11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.