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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2021, 10:44 PM CST for Hopkins County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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 10, 2021, 10:44 PM CST (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Catastrophic
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hopkins County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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 10, 10:52 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Mortons Gap, KY | TRAIN CARS KNOCKED OFF TRACK NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF BARNSLEY. |
| Dec 10, 10:52 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Mortons Gap, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES/POLES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN BARNSLEY. |
| Dec 10, 10:52 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 Nnw Mortons Gap, KY | POSSIBLE RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO BETWEEN MORTONS GAP AND EARLINGTON. |
| Dec 10, 10:57 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Mortons Gap, KY | SEMI AND CARS FLIPPED OFF INTERSTATE 69 NEAR EARLINGTON. |
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 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
357
WFUS53 KPAH 110444
TORPAH
KYC107-177-110515-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0046.211211T0444Z-211211T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
Issued by National Weather Service Springfield MO
1044 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR EARLINGTON and AFTON, KY...
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Muhlenberg County in south central Kentucky...
Southeastern Hopkins County in northwestern Kentucky...
* Until 1115 PM CST.
* At 1043 PM CST, a confirmed large and destructive tornado was
observed over Earlington, or near Madisonville, moving northeast at
45 mph.
TORNADO EMERGENCY for EARLINGTON and AFTON, KY. This is a
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Deadly 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...
Graham around 1100 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include White
Plains.
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 an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid
windows. If in a mobile home, a vehicle or outdoors, move to the
closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3718 8746 3732 8760 3742 8739 3722 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 237DEG 39KT 3726 8753
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Perez2 follow-up statements
639
WWUS53 KPAH 110503
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
Issued by National Weather Service Springfield MO
1103 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
KYC107-177-110515-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-211211T0515Z/
Muhlenberg KY-Hopkins KY-
1103 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR BREMEN, KY...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL MUHLENBERG AND EASTERN HOPKINS COUNTIES...
At 1103 PM CST, a confirmed large and destructive tornado was located
7 miles northwest of Central City, moving northeast at 50 mph.
TORNADO EMERGENCY for BREMEN, KY. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Deadly tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may
be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes
will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction
is possible.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Muhlenberg and eastern Hopkins Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous, and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move
to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid
windows. If in a mobile home, a vehicle or outdoors, move to the
closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3728 8730 3731 8734 3733 8734 3734 8732
3728 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 243DEG 43KT 3739 8721
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Perez960
WWUS53 KPAH 110515
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
Issued by National Weather Service Springfield MO
1115 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
KYC107-177-110525-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-211211T0515Z/
Muhlenberg KY-Hopkins KY-
1115 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MUHLENBERG AND EASTERN
HOPKINS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CST for northwestern
Kentucky. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 200 AM CST for
south central Kentucky. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until
500 AM CST for south central and northwestern Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3728 8730 3731 8734 3733 8734 3734 8732
3728 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 237DEG 39KT 3745 8710
$$
PerezThe 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, 9:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 20 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, 10:58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.