Tornado Warning (Confirmed Tornado, Blown Transformers Seen)- PennyRile parkway, Kentucky

626 

WWUS53 KPAH 291245

SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

645 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC107-149-177-291300-

/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120229T1300Z/

MCLEAN KY-MUHLENBERG KY-HOPKINS KY-

645 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HOPKINS AND

SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTHERN

MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 700 AM CST...

AT 640 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO CROSSING 

THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY AT EXIT 44. BLOWN TRANSFORMERS WERE ALSO BEING 

REPORTED. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.

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LAT...LON 3715 8693 3725 8759 3742 8752 3744 8710

      3737 8709 3734 8713 3734 8710 3738 8708

      3737 8704 3735 8700 3727 8697 3726 8695

      3718 8689

TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 277DEG 48KT 3730 8740

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