Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 26, 2016, 3:03 PM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 16 min. 2 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
- Dec 26, 2016, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2016, 3:19 PM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Graves County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 3:05 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Nnw Symsonia, KY | PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES SOUTH OF I-24 NEAR BONDS ROAD JUST NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SYMSONIA RELAYED TO WFO PAH BY STATE POLICE POST 1 MAYFIELD. A TREE WAS DOWN NEAR SYMSONIA. |
| Dec 26, 3:10 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Se Sharpe, KY | THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OF JUST A FEW SECONDS ON GEORGE CLARK ROAD...2.1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHARPE. SEVERAL CEDAR TREES WERE UPROOTED...ONE NEARBY TREE TRUNK WAS SNAPPED OFF 8 TO 10 FEET UP. THERE WAS SOFFIT DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND A NUMBER OF S |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
463
WFUS53 KPAH 262103
TORPAH
KYC083-139-145-157-262130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0076.161226T2103Z-161226T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
303 PM CST MON DEC 26 2016
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Marshall County in western Kentucky...
Northeastern Graves County in western Kentucky...
Southeastern Livingston County in western Kentucky...
Southeastern McCracken County in western Kentucky...
* Until 330 PM CST
* At 303 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Reidland, moving east at 45 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Calvert City around 315 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Symsonia and Grand Rivers.
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 3688 8856 3699 8860 3709 8823 3705 8822
3705 8823 3702 8823 3700 8821 3698 8824
3693 8819 3690 8818 3687 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 253DEG 39KT 3693 8849
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
452
WWUS53 KPAH 262111
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
311 PM CST MON DEC 26 2016
KYC083-145-262121-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-161226T2130Z/
Graves KY-McCracken KY-
311 PM CST MON DEC 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAVES AND SOUTHEASTERN
MCCRACKEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of the
warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3691 8846 3698 8846 3706 8823 3705 8822
3705 8823 3702 8823 3700 8821 3698 8824
3693 8819 3690 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 254DEG 28KT 3695 8842
$$
KYC139-157-262130-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-161226T2130Z/
Marshall KY-Livingston KY-
311 PM CST MON DEC 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES...
At 311 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Calvert City, moving east at 30 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Calvert City around 320 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Grand
Rivers.
LAT...LON 3691 8846 3698 8846 3706 8823 3705 8822
3705 8823 3702 8823 3700 8821 3698 8824
3693 8819 3690 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 254DEG 28KT 3695 8842
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$281
WWUS53 KPAH 262119
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
319 PM CST MON DEC 26 2016
KYC139-157-262128-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-161226T2130Z/
Marshall KY-Livingston KY-
319 PM CST MON DEC 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3691 8846 3698 8846 3706 8823 3705 8822
3705 8823 3702 8823 3700 8821 3698 8824
3693 8819 3690 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 253DEG 39KT 3697 8833
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 1:51 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Marshall | 28 min |
| Dec 26, 4:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | McLean | 32 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.