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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Paducah, KY

December 10, 2021McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2021, 10:58 PM CST for McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report 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, 10:58 PM CST (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2021, 11:15 PM CST
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Tornado emergency
Tornado
Observed
Damage threat
Catastrophic
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 05:00 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, 11:00 PM CSTTORNADO1 W Bremen, KY*** 11 FATAL *** TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF DOZENS OF HOMES. DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE ONGOING, BUT A MINIMUM OF EF-3 DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF 11 FATALITIES IN THE BREMEN AREA. MAX WIDTH IS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 3/4 AND 1 MILE WIDE. THE TORNADO ENTERE

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
Dec 10, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

823 
WFUS53 KPAH 110458
TORPAH
KYC149-177-110515-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0048.211211T0458Z-211211T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
Issued by National Weather Service Springfield MO
1058 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR BREMEN,KY...

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Muhlenberg County in south central Kentucky...
  Southeastern McLean County in northwestern Kentucky...

* Until 1115 PM CST.
    
* At 1057 PM CST, a confirmed large and destructive tornado was
  observed near Graham, or 8 miles east of Madisonville, moving
  northeast at 55 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
  northern Muhlenberg and southeastern McLean Counties, including the
  following locations... Sacramento, Island, Bremen and South
  Carrollton.

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 8726 3735 8732 3737 8730 3741 8731
      3748 8713 3747 8712 3749 8711 3737 8710
      3734 8713 3732 8711 3737 8707 3737 8705
      3732 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 242DEG 57KT 3733 8734 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Perez

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, 9:05 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHGraves, Marshall40 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, 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.