Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2021, 6:45 AM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 9 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
- Feb 28, 2021, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 6:54 AM CST
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Calloway County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
415
WFUS53 KPAH 281245
TORPAH
KYC035-143-157-221-281330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0001.210228T1245Z-210228T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
645 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Calloway County in western Kentucky...
Southeastern Marshall County in western Kentucky...
Central Trigg County in western Kentucky...
Southeastern Lyon County in western Kentucky...
* Until 730 AM CST.
* At 644 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Land Between The Lakes Area, moving northeast at
35 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...
Land Between The Lakes Area around 650 AM CST.
Canton around 700 AM CST.
Cadiz around 715 AM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Aurora
and Rockcastle.
This includes Interstate 24 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 52 and
54.
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 3664 8815 3673 8824 3701 8793 3682 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 233DEG 31KT 3675 8813
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
DRS1 follow-up statement
233
WWUS53 KPAH 281254
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
654 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC035-143-157-221-281304-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210228T1330Z/
Calloway KY-Marshall KY-Trigg KY-Lyon KY-
654 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CALLOWAY...SOUTHEASTERN
MARSHALL...CENTRAL TRIGG AND SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3664 8815 3673 8824 3701 8793 3682 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1252Z 233DEG 31KT 3681 8804
$$
DRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Henderson, Union | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:16 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 7:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 54 min |
| Feb 28, 8:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | McLean, Webster | 15 days |
| Feb 28, 10:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:49 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 12 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 17 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 15 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 21 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard | 40 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 41 days |
| Feb 28, 1:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 1:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 2:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 2:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 16 min |
| Feb 28, 5:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.