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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Paducah, KY

May 8, 2024Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2024, 12:46 PM CDT for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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: May 8, 2024, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2024, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Todd County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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
May 8, 10:29 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 7.6

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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 May 8, 12:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 10:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 8:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 8:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 9:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 10:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 11:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 11:53 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Union	45 min
May 7, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard	37 min
May 8, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Henderson, Union	45 min
May 8, 12:01 AM CDT	Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	25 hr
May 8, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union, Webster	26 min
May 8, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess, McLean	47 min
May 8, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	49 min
May 8, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	31 min
May 8, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Livingston	43 min
May 8, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	44 min
May 8, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Lyon	42 min
May 8, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McCracken	45 min
May 8, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway	20 min
May 8, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Trigg	35 min
May 8, 4:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Trigg	36 min
May 8, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	23 min
May 8, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Todd	14 min
May 8, 5:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Graves	25 min
May 8, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Marshall	17 min
May 8, 6:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway	26 min
May 8, 6:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Todd	24 min
May 8, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway	32 min
May 8, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Trigg	32 min
May 8, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Fulton	27 min
May 8, 7:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Hickman	16 min
May 8, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, Lyon, Marshall	47 min
May 8, 8:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Marshall	56 min
May 8, 8:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon	23 min
May 8, 9:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Marshall	66 min
May 8, 11:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	7 days
May 8, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian	48 min
May 8, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	47 min
May 8, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall	34 min
May 8, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg	49 min
May 8, 1:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall	16 min
May 8, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg	48 min
May 8, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Union, Webster	43 min
May 8, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	50 min
May 8, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg	37 min
May 8, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Trigg	47 min
May 8, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	40 min
May 8, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Graves, Hickman	39 min
May 8, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall	51 min
May 8, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Webster	48 min
May 8, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Union	2 hr
May 8, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	39 min
May 8, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	50 min
May 8, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves	62 min
May 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, McLean	25 min
May 8, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union, Webster	41 min
May 8, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	40 min
May 8, 3:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Henderson	102 min
May 8, 3:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd, Trigg	14 hr
May 8, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Trigg	14 min
May 8, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Christian, Todd	40 min
May 8, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean	39 min
May 8, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	52 min
May 8, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins	51 min
May 8, 4:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	15 hr
May 8, 4:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	25 hr
May 8, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	27 min
May 8, 4:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess, McLean	3 hr
May 8, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian	37 min
May 8, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union, Webster	46 min
May 8, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg	38 min
May 8, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins, Union, Webster	50 min
May 8, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian	19 min
May 8, 5:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Union	4 hr
May 8, 5:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson	3 hr
May 8, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Union	53 min
May 8, 5:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Crittenden, Webster	4 hr
May 8, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Livingston	14 min
May 8, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster	59 min
May 8, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Union and 1 more	51 min
May 8, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg	45 min
May 7, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jefferson	52 min
May 7, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wayne	18 min
May 7, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Union	20 min
May 7, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	29 min
May 7, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Saline	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.