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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Paducah, KY

April 26, 2017Graves County, Hickman County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2017, 7:24 PM CDT for Graves County, Hickman County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 min. 4 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: Apr 26, 2017, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2017, 7:40 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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
Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Mayfield, KY	TREES UPROOTED AND LIMBS DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 45 BETWEEN MAYFIELD AND WINGO.
Apr 26, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	6 Sw Mayfield, KY
Apr 26, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 S Symsonia, KY
Apr 26, 7:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Mayfield, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -402 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

664 
WFUS53 KPAH 270024
TORPAH
KYC083-105-270100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0041.170427T0024Z-170427T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
724 PM CDT WED APR 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Hickman County in western Kentucky...
  Central Graves County in western Kentucky...

* Until 800 PM CDT
    
* At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Fulgham, or 8 miles southwest of Mayfield, moving
  east at 55 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. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Mayfield and Wingo. 

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 3670 8885 3689 8848 3666 8849 3662 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 250DEG 49KT 3668 8878 

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

$$

DRS

1 follow-up statement

429 
WWUS53 KPAH 270040
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
740 PM CDT WED APR 26 2017

KYC083-105-270049-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170427T0100Z/
Hickman KY-Graves KY-
740 PM CDT WED APR 26 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HICKMAN AND CENTRAL GRAVES
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.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3670 8885 3689 8848 3666 8849 3662 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 250DEG 49KT 3676 8851 

$$

DRS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken	34 min
Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken and 2 more	35 min
Apr 26, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, Union, Webster	36 min
Apr 26, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Muhlenberg, Todd	50 min
Apr 27, 3:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Daviess, Fulton, Henderson, Hickman and 2 more	4 days
Apr 27, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	38 days

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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.