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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Paducah, KY

March 9, 2017Calloway County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2017, 9:08 PM CST for Calloway County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 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: Mar 9, 2017, 9:08 PM CST (03:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2017, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Calloway County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 5:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 2824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

262 
WFUS53 KPAH 100308
TORPAH
KYC035-100330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0036.170310T0308Z-170310T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
908 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Calloway County in western Kentucky...

* Until 930 PM CST
    
* At 908 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Lynnville, or 7 miles west of Murray, moving
  southeast at 35 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. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Hazel, Harris Grove and Crossland. 

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!

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Paducah.

&&

LAT...LON 3659 8849 3661 8849 3661 8844 3650 8825
      3650 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 317DEG 29KT 3658 8845 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Smith

2 follow-up statements

517 
WWUS53 KPAH 100316
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
916 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017

KYC035-100330-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-170310T0330Z/
Calloway KY-
916 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY...
    
At 916 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Murray, moving southeast at 40 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. 

Locations impacted include...
Hazel and Crossland. 

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!

If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.

&&

LAT...LON 3652 8842 3654 8841 3657 8838 3650 8825
      3650 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 298DEG 33KT 3654 8836 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Smith

868 
WWUS53 KPAH 100323
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
923 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017

KYC035-100332-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-170310T0330Z/
Calloway KY-
923 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 930 PM CST...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning is moving out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for
western Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3652 8842 3654 8841 3657 8838 3650 8825
      3650 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 315DEG 30KT 3650 8829 

$$

Smith

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, Marshall	22 min
Mar 9, 7:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Graves, Hickman	20 min
Mar 9, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Marshall, Trigg	31 min
Mar 9, 8:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	55 min
Mar 9, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Trigg	23 min
Mar 9, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	41 min
Mar 9, 8:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	24 min
Mar 9, 8:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Trigg	19 min
Mar 9, 9:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.