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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Paducah, KY

May 10, 2016Christian County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 8:08 PM CDT for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 14 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, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 8:22 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Christian County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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.

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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

656 
WFUS53 KPAH 110108
TORPAH
KYC047-110145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0055.160511T0108Z-160511T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
808 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPKINSVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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
  EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY NORTHEAST OF HOPKINSVILLE.

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 3697 8728 3695 8728 3689 8729 3690 8745
      3696 8745 3699 8728 3697 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 278DEG 15KT 3691 8738 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ML

1 follow-up statement

910 
WWUS53 KPAH 110122
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
822 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

KYC047-110131-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160511T0145Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-
822 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED 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 3697 8728 3695 8728 3689 8729 3690 8745
      3696 8745 3699 8728 3697 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 278DEG 15KT 3690 8731 

$$

The 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, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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 Tornado observed	PAH	Christian	23 min
May 10, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	28 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

Nearby

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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.