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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2024, 5:47 AM CDT for Union County, Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 2, 2024, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2024, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Union County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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 2, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
130
WFUS53 KPAH 021047 RRA
TORPAH
KYC225-233-021115-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.240402T1047Z-240402T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
547 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Union County in northwestern Kentucky...
Western Webster County in northwestern Kentucky...
* Until 615 AM CDT.
* At 547 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sturgis, moving east at 45 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Providence, Clay, and Dixon around 550 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Wheatcroft.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3744 8764 3743 8764 3741 8770 3740 8785
3742 8784 3742 8785 3741 8787 3740 8791
3741 8793 3747 8794 3748 8793 3747 8798
3750 8797 3750 8799 3757 8799 3762 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 269DEG 38KT 3750 8792
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
ATL1 follow-up statement
883
WWUS53 KPAH 021107
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
607 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024
KYC225-233-021117-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240402T1115Z/
Union KY-Webster KY-
607 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND WESTERN WEBSTER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 AM CDT...
Rotation has weakened. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to
expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for western and
northwestern Kentucky.
&&
LAT...LON 3744 8764 3743 8764 3741 8770 3740 8785
3742 8784 3742 8785 3741 8787 3740 8791
3741 8793 3747 8794 3748 8793 3747 8798
3750 8797 3750 8799 3757 8799 3762 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 1107Z 269DEG 38KT 3750 8768
$$
JGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Livingston, McCracken | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 5:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken | 22 min |
| Apr 2, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Graves and 9 more | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 5:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 5:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 5:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 5:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 19 min |
| Apr 2, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 6:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins | 19 min |
| Apr 2, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 4:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 43 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.