Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 7:28 PM CDT for Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
595
WFUS53 KPAH 110028
TORPAH
KYC047-221-110115-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0052.160511T0028Z-160511T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
728 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 815 PM CDT
* AT 727 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COBB...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED 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
NORTHEASTERN TRIGG AND WEST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTIES BETWEEN
BUFFALO AND CERULEAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3691 8770 3696 8773 3702 8749 3690 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 263DEG 16KT 3694 8765
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ML1 follow-up statement
046
WWUS53 KPAH 110055
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
755 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KYC221-110105-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160511T0115Z/
TRIGG KY-
755 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3690 8757 3699 8761 3702 8749 3690 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 263DEG 16KT 3696 8750
$$
KYC047-110115-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160511T0115Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-
755 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CROFTON...OR NEAR HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20
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 CHRISTIAN 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 3690 8757 3699 8761 3702 8749 3690 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 263DEG 16KT 3696 8750
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, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 29 min |
| May 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.