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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Paducah, KY

July 3, 2016Calloway County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2016, 6:50 PM CDT for Calloway County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min. 5 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: Jul 3, 2016, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Calloway County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 6:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Se Kirksey, KY	EF-0 TORNADO WITH 80 MPH WINDS TOUCHED DOWN 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSEY ON NORSWORTHY ROAD. A COUPLE DOZEN TREES OR TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF A COUPLE OF HOMES AND A DOOR WAS BLOWN OFF A WELL HOUSE. DAMAGE PATH WAS 0.30 MILES AND W
Jul 3, 6:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Nw Murray, KY	EF-0 TORNADO WITH 80 MPH WINDS TOUCHED DOWN 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSEY ON NORSWORTHY ROAD. A COUPLE DOZEN TREES OR TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF A COUPLE OF HOMES AND A DOOR WAS BLOWN OFF A WELL HOUSE. DAMAGE PATH WAS 0.30 MILES AND W
Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Almo, KY	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED WITH STRONG ROTATION.
Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 52	Murray, KY
Jul 3, 7:00 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 N Murray, KY	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ALONG WITH LARGE WALL CLOUD.

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
Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

424 
WFUS53 KPAH 032350
TORPAH
KYC035-040015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0071.160703T2350Z-160704T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
650 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 649 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MURRAY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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
  NORTHWESTERN CALLOWAY 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.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3660 8841 3672 8843 3675 8832 3675 8822
      3658 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 267DEG 21KT 3667 8834 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DB

1 follow-up statement

287 
WWUS53 KPAH 040006
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
706 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

KYC035-040015-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160704T0015Z/
CALLOWAY KY-
706 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CALLOWAY COUNTY...
    
AT 705 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MURRAY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. A WALL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED
         WITH THIS STORM.

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 NORTH CENTRAL CALLOWAY 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.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8829 3672 8829 3675 8822 3661 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 267DEG 21KT 3667 8823 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DB

The 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, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster	33 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

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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.