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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Paducah, KY

May 10, 2016Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 7:03 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Cerulean, KY
May 10, 7:05 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Cerulean, KY
May 10, 7:10 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDCerulean, KY
May 10, 7:16 PM CDTTORNADO2 Sse Cerulean, KYSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG KY HIGHWAY 126 JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 128.
May 10, 7:22 PM CDTTORNADOBuffalo, KYTORNADO SIGHTED SOUTH OF CERULEAN IN THE BUFFALO AREA.
May 10, 7:24 PM CDTTORNADO1 Se Cerulean, KY
May 10, 7:25 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sse Cerulean, KYTROOPER SIGHTED TORNADO NEAR BUFFALO ROAD AND HIGHWAY 128. DAMAGE TO HOUSE REPORTED...OCCUPANTS FLED.
May 10, 7:27 PM CDTTORNADOCerulean, KYDEBRIS 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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian46 min
May 10, 7:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHChristian, Trigg47 min
May 10, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian30 min
May 10, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg34 min
May 10, 7:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHChristian23 min
May 10, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd28 min
May 10, 8:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHChristian14 min
May 10, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian13 min
May 10, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd17 min
May 10, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian26 min
May 10, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian31 min
May 10, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd19 min
May 11, 1:44 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryPAHDaviess, Henderson, Union7 hr
May 11, 6:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHTodd21 min
May 11, 8:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHTodd3 hr
May 11, 9:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHTodd66 min
May 11, 11:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMuhlenberg2 hr
May 11, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Union38 min
May 11, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess63 min
May 11, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, McLean, Union, Webster60 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.