Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 69, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2016, 3:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 3, 2016, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
917
WFUS53 KPAH 032057
TORPAH
KYC033-055-107-233-032130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0069.160703T2057Z-160703T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
357 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 357 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRESWELL...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
PROVIDENCE AND CLAY AROUND 410 PM CDT.
DIXON AROUND 420 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NEBO.
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 3726 8790 3742 8798 3755 8769 3736 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 241DEG 34KT 3736 8790
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DB1 follow-up statement
371
WWUS53 KPAH 032122
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
422 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
KYC033-055-032130-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160703T2130Z/
CALDWELL KY-CRITTENDEN KY-
422 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CALDWELL AND EAST CENTRAL
CRITTENDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3734 8772 3744 8778 3751 8767 3736 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 249DEG 27KT 3741 8771
$$
KYC107-233-032130-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160703T2130Z/
HOPKINS KY-WEBSTER KY-
422 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL HOPKINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES...
AT 420 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER PROVIDENCE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS
REPORTED OVER PROVIDENCE AT 417 PM.
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
WEST CENTRAL HOPKINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATION: NEBO.
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 3734 8772 3744 8778 3751 8767 3736 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 249DEG 27KT 3741 8771
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 35 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Graves | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 25 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.