Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 6, 2021, 3:28 AM CST for Calloway County, Graves County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
- Dec 6, 2021, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2021, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Calloway County, KY, Graves County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 3:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Sedalia, KY | REPORT FROM MPING: TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED; ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| Dec 6, 3:39 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Lynn Grove, KY | DAMAGE TO A BARN. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED. DAMAGE CONCENTRATED ALONG CHEROKEE TRAIL NEAR LYNN GROVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Dec 6, 3:41 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Harris Grove, KY | TREE DOWNED ONTO A HOUSE ON CROSSLAND ROAD. |
| Dec 6, 3:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Murray, KY | SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 280 TWO TO THREE MILES EAST OF MURRAY. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 484 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted.
688
WFUS53 KPAH 060928
TORPAH
KYC035-083-061000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0027.211206T0928Z-211206T1000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
328 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Calloway County in western Kentucky...
Southeastern Graves County in western Kentucky...
* Until 400 AM CST.
* At 327 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sedalia, or 9 miles south 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Murray around 345 AM CST.
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 3650 8866 3653 8879 3670 8866 3662 8805
3654 8803 3650 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0927Z 281DEG 48KT 3661 8864
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
DRS2 follow-up statements
711
WWUS53 KPAH 060941
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
341 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
KYC083-060950-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-211206T1000Z/
Graves KY-
341 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAVES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CST for western
Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3650 8849 3668 8849 3662 8805 3654 8803
3650 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 281DEG 48KT 3657 8842
$$
KYC035-061000-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-211206T1000Z/
Calloway KY-
341 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR CALLOWAY
COUNTY...
At 340 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Murray, 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.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Murray around 345 AM CST.
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 3650 8849 3668 8849 3662 8805 3654 8803
3650 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 281DEG 48KT 3657 8842
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
DRS256
WWUS53 KPAH 061003
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
403 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
KYC035-061013-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-211206T1000Z/
Calloway KY-
403 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALLOWAY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this line
of thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3650 8849 3668 8849 3662 8805 3654 8803
3650 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 281DEG 48KT 3651 8806
$$
DRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 6:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carlisle | 33 min |
| Dec 5, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston, McCracken | 23 min |
| Dec 5, 7:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | McCracken | 37 min |
| Dec 5, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 36 min |
| Dec 5, 8:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Muhlenberg | 49 min |
| Dec 5, 8:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 11 min |
| Dec 5, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 50 min |
| Dec 6, 12:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Crittenden, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 51 min |
| Dec 6, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 50 min |
| Dec 6, 2:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carlisle | 45 min |
| Dec 6, 3:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Trigg | 51 min |
| Dec 6, 4:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Todd | 33 min |
| Dec 6, 4:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 19 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.