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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2021, 9:25 PM CST for McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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
- Dec 10, 2021, 9:25 PM CST (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
102
WFUS53 KPAH 110325
TORPAH
KYC149-177-110345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0037.211211T0325Z-211211T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
925 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Muhlenberg County in south central Kentucky...
Southeastern McLean County in northwestern Kentucky...
* Until 945 PM CST.
* At 924 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bremen, moving northeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Muhlenberg and southeastern McLean Counties,
including the following locations... South Carrollton, Bremen,
Kirtley, Smallhous and Island.
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 3734 8710 3736 8708 3738 8710 3734 8714
3733 8713 3731 8718 3736 8723 3747 8712
3746 8710 3738 8709 3737 8708 3737 8705
3736 8703 3735 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 236DEG 47KT 3738 8715
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SP1 follow-up statement
554
WWUS53 KPAH 110336
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
936 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
KYC149-177-110346-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-211211T0345Z/
Muhlenberg KY-McLean KY-
936 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MUHLENBERG AND SOUTHEASTERN
MCLEAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CST...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for northwestern
Kentucky. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 200 AM CST for
south central Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3734 8710 3736 8708 3738 8710 3734 8714
3733 8713 3731 8718 3736 8723 3747 8712
3746 8710 3738 8709 3737 8708 3737 8705
3736 8703 3735 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 236DEG 47KT 3746 8699
$$
SPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 48 min |
| Dec 10, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 41 min |
| Dec 10, 8:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 61 min |
| Dec 10, 8:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Marshall | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 9 min |
| Dec 10, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 50 min |
| Dec 10, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Marshall | 15 min |
| Dec 10, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 41 min |
| Dec 10, 10:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 10:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 13 min |
| Dec 10, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 10:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 10:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 10:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 10:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Dec 10, 11:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 11:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Webster | 28 min |
| Dec 10, 11:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 11:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 15 min |
| Dec 11, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 12:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 21 min |
| Dec 11, 1:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Christian, Todd, Trigg | 8 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 26 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.