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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 6:11 PM CDT for Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois; Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Union County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
307
WFUS53 KPAH 102311
TORPAH
ILC059-069-KYC225-102345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0047.160510T2311Z-160510T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
611 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTH CENTRAL GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF STURGIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
STURGIS AROUND 630 PM CDT.
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 3767 8807 3754 8799 3754 8800 3755 8800
3755 8802 3754 8802 3753 8819 3759 8823
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 259DEG 22KT 3757 8815
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
295
WWUS53 KPAH 102323
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
623 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
ILC059-069-102332-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160510T2345Z/
HARDIN IL-GALLATIN IL-
623 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GALLATIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA, THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3767 8807 3755 8799 3755 8802 3754 8802
3754 8809 3755 8810 3758 8814 3760 8814
3763 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 259DEG 22KT 3758 8806
$$
KYC225-102345-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160510T2345Z/
UNION KY-
623 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY...
AT 622 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STURGIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
STURGIS AROUND 630 PM CDT.
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 3767 8807 3755 8799 3755 8802 3754 8802
3754 8809 3755 8810 3758 8814 3760 8814
3763 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 259DEG 22KT 3758 8806
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$912
WWUS53 KPAH 102337
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
637 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KYC225-102346-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160510T2345Z/
UNION KY-
637 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3767 8807 3755 8799 3755 8802 3754 8802
3754 8809 3755 8810 3758 8814 3760 8814
3763 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 259DEG 22KT 3758 8806
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 49 min |
| May 9, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 37 min |
| May 9, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union and 1 more | 69 min |
| May 10, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope, Saline | 31 min |
| May 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 34 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Saline | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 33 min |
| May 9, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 51 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, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 33 min |
| May 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 18 min |
| May 10, 6:23 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.