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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 7:01 PM CDT for Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. 8 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, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 7:03 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Cerulean, KY | |
| May 10, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Cerulean, KY | |
| May 10, 7:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Cerulean, KY | |
| May 10, 7:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sse Cerulean, KY | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG KY HIGHWAY 126 JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 128. |
| May 10, 7:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | Buffalo, KY | TORNADO SIGHTED SOUTH OF CERULEAN IN THE BUFFALO AREA. |
| May 10, 7:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Se Cerulean, KY | |
| May 10, 7:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sse Cerulean, KY | TROOPER SIGHTED TORNADO NEAR BUFFALO ROAD AND HIGHWAY 128. DAMAGE TO HOUSE REPORTED...OCCUPANTS FLED. |
| May 10, 7:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | Cerulean, KY | DEBRIS SEEN ON GROUND. |
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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted.
522
WFUS53 KPAH 110001
TORPAH
KYC047-221-110030-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0050.160511T0001Z-160511T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
701 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 659 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CADIZ...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 TRIGG AND WEST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTIES.
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 3695 8787 3695 8786 3696 8781 3697 8777
3699 8775 3701 8769 3690 8757 3686 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 263DEG 31KT 3692 8777
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 46 min |
| May 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 47 min |
| May 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian | 30 min |
| May 10, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 34 min |
| May 10, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 23 min |
| May 10, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 28 min |
| May 10, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 14 min |
| May 10, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian | 13 min |
| May 10, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 17 min |
| May 10, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian | 26 min |
| May 10, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 31 min |
| May 10, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 19 min |
| May 11, 1:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 7 hr |
| May 11, 6:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 21 min |
| May 11, 8:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 66 min |
| May 11, 11:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Muhlenberg | 2 hr |
| May 11, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 38 min |
| May 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 63 min |
| May 11, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster | 60 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.