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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Paducah, KY

December 17, 2016Fulton County, Kentucky; New Madrid County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2016, 3:06 PM CST for Fulton County, Kentucky; New Madrid County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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: Dec 17, 2016, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2016, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Fulton County, KY, New Madrid County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 17, 1:42 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

156 
WFUS53 KPAH 172106
TORPAH
KYC075-MOC143-172130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0074.161217T2106Z-161217T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
306 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Western Fulton County in western Kentucky...
  Southeastern New Madrid County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 330 PM CST
    
* At 305 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Portageville, moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Marston around 315 PM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Boundurant.

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 3641 8961 3640 8967 3643 8972 3642 8974
      3640 8975 3647 8978 3665 8934 3651 8926
      3650 8942 3646 8946 3647 8950 3650 8949
      3650 8953 3646 8952 3643 8955 3638 8951
      3635 8952 3634 8955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 247DEG 42KT 3642 8966 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 3:10 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	27 hr
Dec 17, 2:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster	36 min
Dec 17, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	34 min
Dec 17, 2:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken	32 min
Dec 17, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, McCracken, Marshall	20 min
Dec 17, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	32 min
Dec 17, 3:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Daviess, McLean	26 min
Dec 17, 3:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	36 min
Dec 17, 3:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	29 min
Dec 17, 3:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden	27 min
Dec 17, 4:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins	36 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2016 Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2016 Every tornado warning in 2016 Tornadoes in 2016

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.