Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 7, 2017, 7:35 PM CST for Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 7, 2017, 7:35 PM CST (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2017, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Trigg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 7:40 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 Sw Cadiz, KY |
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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
174
WFUS53 KPAH 080135
TORPAH
KYC221-080200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0002.170208T0135Z-170208T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
735 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Trigg County in western Kentucky...
* Until 800 PM CST
* At 735 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located just west of Cadiz, moving southeast at 25 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Trigg 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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3683 8791 3689 8788 3684 8767 3674 8768
3666 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 307DEG 20KT 3685 8787
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DRS2 follow-up statements
648
WWUS53 KPAH 080149
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
749 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
KYC221-080200-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170208T0200Z/
Trigg KY-
749 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL TRIGG COUNTY...
At 749 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cadiz, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Trigg County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3679 8785 3685 8781 3683 8767 3674 8768
3668 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 306DEG 22KT 3680 8778
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DRS468
WWUS53 KPAH 080159
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
759 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
KYC221-080209-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170208T0200Z/
Trigg KY-
759 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TRIGG COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3679 8785 3685 8781 3683 8767 3674 8768
3668 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 307DEG 20KT 3677 8774
$$
DRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 6:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Lyon | 35 min |
| Feb 7, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Trigg | 33 min |
| Feb 7, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Lyon, Trigg | 37 min |
| Feb 7, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 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.