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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

March 10, 1986Clark County, Indiana; Oldham County, Trimble County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 1986, 3:50 PM EST for Clark County, Indiana; Oldham County, Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 1986, 3:50 PM EST (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 1986, 4:30 PM EST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Oldham County, KY, Trimble County, KY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 10, 3:50 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Oldham, KY
Mar 10, 4:20 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Oldham, KY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 422 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 421 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 102051 RRA
TORSDF
INC019-KYC185-223-102130-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...CLARK

AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...OLDHAM...AND TRIMBLE.

AT 345 PM EST WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN CLARK
COUNTY INDIANA 25 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.

THOSE PEOPLE IN THE ABOVE WARNED AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSES.

AUSTIN

A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. IF YOU DO NOT
HAVE A BASEMENT GO TO A WINDOWLESS INTERIOR HALLWAY..ROOM OR CLOSET.
TAKE SHELTER UNDER A STURDY OBJECT AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

AUSTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 3:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott	75 min
Mar 10, 3:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	75 min
Mar 10, 3:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	30 min
Mar 10, 5:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	40 min
Mar 10, 2:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Caldwell, Lyon	55 min
Mar 10, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	60 min
Mar 10, 3:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	50 min
Mar 10, 4:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Shelby	40 min
Mar 10, 4:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	60 min
Mar 10, 4:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	60 min
Mar 10, 4:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Nelson	33 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.