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Tornado Warning 150, NWS Paducah, KY

June 16, 2025Caldwell County, Lyon County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2025, 7:14 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Lyon County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 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
Jun 16, 2025, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2025, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Caldwell County, KY, Lyon County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2025-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 940 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 2025-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon34 min
Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg3 hr
Jun 16, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg3 hr
Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHopkins3 hr
Jun 17, 6:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg7 days

Nearby

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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.