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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Paducah, KY

December 17, 2016Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2016, 3:19 PM CST for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2016, 3:45 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 734 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 836 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

674 
WFUS53 KPAH 172119
TORPAH
KYC059-149-172145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0075.161217T2119Z-161217T2145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern McLean County in northwestern Kentucky...
  Southwestern Daviess County in northwestern Kentucky...

* Until 345 PM CST
    
* At 318 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Beech Grove, or near Calhoun, moving northeast at
  45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. A rain wrapped funnel 4 miles
           north of Slaughters reported by spotter.

  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 McLean and southwestern Daviess Counties, including
  the following locations: Moseleyville.

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 3755 8736 3758 8738 3759 8740 3759 8743
      3763 8745 3776 8720 3759 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 246DEG 40KT 3762 8733 

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

$$

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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, 3:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton	24 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, 3:24 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

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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.