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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

July 27, 1997Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1997, 9:06 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 27, 1997, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 1997, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -84 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 280106 RRA
TORSDF
KYC111-280130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
906 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MOVING EAST OF JEFFERSONTOWN BY 915 PM EDT

*AT 905 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSONTOWN.  THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 10 TO 15 MPpH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES.

RNK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 1:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	31 min
Jul 28, 2:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	63 min
Jul 28, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Metcalfe	34 min
Jul 28, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	31 min
Jul 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	46 min
Jul 28, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	49 min
Jul 28, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	66 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson	35 min
Jul 28, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Mercer	47 min
Jul 28, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	20 min
Jul 28, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson, Warren	45 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.