Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 5:06 AM CST (11:06 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 5:30 AM CST

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Cumberland County, KY

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KSDF 011106 RRA
TORSDF
KYC057-011130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
606 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EST (530 AM CST)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
AT 504 CST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET...OR NEAR MUD CAMP. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MARROWBONE BEFORE 515 AM...AND
GRIDDER BY 520 AM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WOHRKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
RC/VLD

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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.