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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Paducah, KY

May 4, 20214 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 3:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min. 9 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: May 4, 2021, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2021, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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
May 4, 3:36 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oakton, KY	WIND DAMAGE TO A BUILDING IN OAKTON.
May 4, 3:38 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clinton, KY	3 BUILDINGS WITH WIND DAMAGE. POWER OUT. LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
May 4, 3:38 AM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Crutchfield, KY	EF-2 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 125 MPH STRUCK FULTON COUNTY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED WITH ITS ROOF REMOVED AND SOME EXTERIOR WALLS KNOCKED DOWN. MULTIPLE OUTBUILDINGS COLLAPSED. MULTIPLE LARGE TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO BEGAN
May 4, 3:40 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Fulton, KY	MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE. ROOF AND WALL OFF HOUSE. TREE ON HOUSE. CAR MOVED 40 FEET. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
May 4, 3:55 AM CDT	TORNADO	5 W Lynnville, KY	EF1 TORNADO STARTED 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUBA AND TRAVELED 5 MILES AND LIFTED AROUND 4.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUBA OR NEAR LYNNVILLE. ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS AT 95 MPH AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 125 YDS. SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS LOST PARTS OR ALL OF THEIR ROOFS. S
May 4, 3:59 AM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ene Mayfield, KY	OCCURRED IN RURAL FARMLAND AND WOODED AREA. MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO MODERN HOME. SEVERAL VERY LARGE TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. WELL HEAD BLOWN INTO A HOME, DAMAGING THE SIDING.
May 4, 4:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Mayfield, KY	LATE REPORT. VINYL SIDING DAMAGED. A FEW DOZEN TREES DOWN, SOME LARGE.
May 4, 4:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Cuba, KY	SHINGLES OFF ROOF AND OUTBUILDING DAMAGED NEAR TENNESSEE STATE LINE.
May 4, 4:03 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Lynnville, KY	REPORT FROM MPING: TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 4, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 2263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 7.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

363 
WUUS53 KPAH 040835
SVRPAH
KYC039-075-083-105-040915-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0029.210504T0835Z-210504T0915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
335 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Fulton County in western Kentucky...
  Hickman County in western Kentucky...
  Carlisle County in western Kentucky...
  Graves County in western Kentucky...

* Until 415 AM CDT.

* At 332 AM CDT, an area of severe thunderstorms was located from 
  near Bardwell south through Clinton and Cayce, moving east at 45 
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mayfield, Fulton, Clinton, Bardwell, Cayce, Lynnville, Fulgham,
  Sedalia, Wingo, Arlington, Water Valley, Columbus, Lowes, Fancy
  Farm and Symsonia.

This includes Interstate 69 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 1 and
33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3651 8911 3663 8913 3673 8920 3676 8918
      3675 8913 3676 8912 3679 8912 3679 8916
      3681 8918 3684 8917 3685 8914 3694 8910
      3692 8907 3694 8907 3692 8899 3695 8882
      3694 8849 3650 8849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0832Z 186DEG 54KT 3679 8922 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shanklin

1 follow-up statement

968 
WWUS53 KPAH 040912
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
412 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021

KYC039-075-083-105-040918-
/O.EXP.KPAH.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210504T0915Z/
Fulton KY-Hickman KY-Carlisle KY-Graves KY-
412 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FULTON...HICKMAN...
CARLISLE AND GRAVES COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
western Kentucky...and southeastern Missouri.

LAT...LON 3651 8911 3663 8913 3673 8920 3676 8918
      3675 8913 3676 8912 3679 8912 3679 8916
      3681 8918 3684 8917 3685 8914 3694 8910
      3692 8907 3694 8907 3692 8899 3695 8882
      3694 8849 3650 8849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 186DEG 54KT 3731 8915 

$$

RLS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Henderson	31 min
May 3, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Lyon	34 min
May 3, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Union	51 min
May 4, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess	43 min
May 4, 1:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Caldwell	25 min
May 4, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	31 min
May 4, 1:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hopkins	52 min
May 4, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg	45 min
May 4, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	43 min
May 4, 2:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken	64 min
May 4, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	55 min
May 4, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg	69 min
May 4, 3:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg	7 hr
May 4, 3:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	3 hr
May 4, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	53 min
May 4, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess, McLean	51 min
May 4, 3:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves	31 min
May 4, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Christian, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	52 min
May 4, 4:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	McCracken	3 hr
May 4, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 1 more	45 min
May 4, 4:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg	5 hr
May 4, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd	39 min
May 4, 5:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	21 min
May 4, 9:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd	110 min
May 4, 10:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	6 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.