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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Paducah, KY

December 10, 2021Graves County, Marshall County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2021, 9:05 PM CST for Graves County, Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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 10, 2021, 9:05 PM CST (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2021, 9:45 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
2.5 in

Counties Graves County, KY, Marshall County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 10, 9:24 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 1074 Nne Wingo, KYMESONET STATION PRYB MAYFIELD KY 6 SW.
Dec 10, 9:24 PM CSTHAIL 1.752 N Mayfield, KY
Dec 10, 9:25 PM CSTTORNADO1 Ne Mayfield, KY*** 20 FATAL *** TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF DOZENS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. DAMAGE SURVEY IS ONGOING, BUT A MINIMUM OF EF-3 DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. THE TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF GRAVES COUNTY, ENTERING FROM HICKMAN COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES W OF WINGO, PASSING
Dec 10, 9:27 PM CSTTORNADOMayfield, KYMAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED IN MAYFIELD. NO FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Dec 10, 9:45 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Benton, KYA MOBILE HOME ON JACKSON SCHOOL ROAD WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A NEARBY GARAGE WAS SWEPT OFF ITS FOUNDATION. 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 10, 3:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 391 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

796 
WFUS53 KPAH 110305
TORPAH
KYC083-157-110345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0036.211211T0305Z-211211T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
905 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Marshall County in western Kentucky...
  Central Graves County in western Kentucky...

* Until 945 PM CST.
    
* At 904 PM CST, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado
  was located near Cayce, or near Clinton, moving northeast at 55
  mph.

  This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris 
           may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile 
           homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, 
           businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete 
           destruction is possible.

* The tornado will be near...
  Mayfield around 930 PM CST.
  Benton around 945 PM CST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Fancy
Farm, Brewers, Symsonia, Wingo and Water Valley.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 24 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 18 and 25.
 Interstate 69 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 9 and 51.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, 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 3679 8881 3694 8857 3694 8849 3699 8849
      3705 8839 3682 8820 3675 8835 3675 8848
      3669 8849 3654 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 236DEG 46KT 3659 8898 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN

$$

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 7:12 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg48 min
Dec 10, 8:19 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg41 min
Dec 10, 8:26 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg34 min
Dec 10, 8:29 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHFulton, Hickman61 min
Dec 10, 8:48 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg42 min
Dec 10, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard39 min
Dec 10, 9:25 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMcLean, Muhlenberg20 min
Dec 10, 9:26 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatPAHGraves9 min
Dec 10, 9:40 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHGraves, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall50 min
Dec 10, 9:45 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatPAHMarshall15 min
Dec 10, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, McCracken41 min
Dec 10, 10:09 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon51 min
Dec 10, 10:17 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatPAHCaldwell13 min
Dec 10, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston45 min
Dec 10, 10:31 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatPAHCaldwell, Hopkins29 min
Dec 10, 10:36 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg39 min
Dec 10, 10:44 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatPAHHopkins, Muhlenberg31 min
Dec 10, 10:58 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatPAHMcLean, Muhlenberg17 min
Dec 10, 11:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster36 min
Dec 10, 11:17 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHWebster28 min
Dec 10, 11:37 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster34 min
Dec 10, 11:40 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHCalloway15 min
Dec 11, 12:03 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHChristian, Trigg42 min
Dec 11, 12:29 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHTodd21 min
Dec 11, 1:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Christian, Todd, Trigg8 hr
Dec 11, 1:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd26 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.