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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 6:32 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Crittenden County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 6:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Marion, KY | ROTATING WALL CLOUD SIGHTED. |
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, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
669
WFUS53 KPAH 102332
TORPAH
KYC055-110000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0048.160510T2332Z-160511T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
632 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 631 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...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...
MARION AROUND 650 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CAVE-IN-ROCK.
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 3728 8802 3739 8829 3746 8823 3747 8814
3747 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 274DEG 22KT 3743 8818
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
054
WWUS53 KPAH 102340
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
640 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KYC055-110000-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160511T0000Z/
CRITTENDEN KY-
640 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CRITTENDEN COUNTY...
AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MARION AROUND 645 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3728 8802 3739 8820 3744 8818 3746 8813
3747 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 274DEG 22KT 3743 8811
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$428
WWUS53 KPAH 102349
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KYC055-110000-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160511T0000Z/
CRITTENDEN KY-
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CRITTENDEN COUNTY...
AT 649 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY.
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 3730 8801 3737 8812 3742 8812 3745 8809
3746 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 274DEG 22KT 3743 8804
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, 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, 6:36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.