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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2022, 5:33 PM CDT for Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2022, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Christian County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 13, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Paducah KY
402 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022
.SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Friday night)
Issued at 400 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022
Quickly evolving line of severe thunderstorms with all gambits of
severe threats, including damaging winds, large hail and
tornadoes will continue to move quickly east across mainly
portions of wrn KY this evening.
Thereafter, drier and much cooler air will rush in behind the cold
front overnight. Could see some scattered frost in portions of
southeast MO/sw IL by sunrise, as winds cut off fairly well with
clear conditions. High pressure will then build in for the Thu/Thu
night time frame. Another weak cold front will drop southeast into
region Friday night. Does not look to be much of an impact with
this moisture starved system in near zonal flow aloft.
.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Wednesday)
Issued at 400 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022
High pressure will drop into the Great Lakes and upper OH River
Valley Saturday, keeping things mainly dry and seasonal. However,
a weak mid level short wave is expected to move east into the mid
and upper MS River Valley on the back side of the surface high by
Sunday. This, combined with an overall moisture increase, will
lead to the next chance of showers across the region, mainly
Sunday and Sunday night. Thereafter, drier and seasonably cool
conditions will return for the first part of next week as another
surface high drops southeast into the region.
&&
.AVIATION...
Issued at 1250 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022
MVFR to VFR cigs and gusty south winds 20-30 kts expected ahead
of a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that will cross the
region from west to east this afternoon and early tonight. VFR
conditions expected in wake of the frontal passage with gusty nw
winds around 20 kts or so.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for ILZ075>078-080>094.
Flood Watch until 11 PM CDT this evening for ILZ092>094.
MO...Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114.
Flood Watch until 11 PM CDT this evening for MOZ112.
IN...Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for INZ081-082-085>088.
KY...Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for KYZ001>022.
Flood Watch until 11 PM CDT this evening for KYZ001>013-016-017-
021-022.
&&
SHORT TERM...GM
LONG TERM...RST
AVIATION...GMHazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:01 AM CDT, 13 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 401 AM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-141000- Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton- White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope- Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh- Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves- Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell- Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean- Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter- Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid- 401 AM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Wind Advisory is posted from 9 AM through 7 PM CDT for the entire outlook area. Please see the latest Wind Advisory for details. A Flood Watch remains in effect until 10 pm CDT for southern sections of west Kentucky. Please refer to the latest Flood watch for details. A significant severe weather episode is likely today and this evening for the entire outlook area. The Storm Prediction Center has the entire area in a Moderate Risk of Severe Weather. Damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph winds or higher, large hail up to two inches, and tornadoes are all possible. A few storms may reach severe limits this morning over part of the outlook area, but the main concern will be with the line of thunderstorms expected to move from west to east across the entire outlook area between 1 pm to 10 pm this Wednesday. Widespread damaging straight line winds are expected. A few embedded tornadoes are possible within the line of storms this afternoon and evening. Large hail will be mostly likely over the Purchase area of west Kentucky and across parts of southeast Missouri. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday A few isolated thunderstorms are possible Friday night. Heavy rain and lightning would be the primary hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Skywarn spotter activation may be required today and this evening across the entire outlook area. Please relay and reports of severe weather or damage to the National Weather Service in Paducah Kentucky. Smith
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 19 min |
| Apr 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 16 min |
| Apr 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Crittenden | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, McLean and 4 more | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 87 min |
| Apr 13, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 13 min |
| Apr 13, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carter | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 31 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.