Tornado Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 11:05 PM CST (05:05 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 11:45 PM CST

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Adair County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 020508 RRA
TORSDF
KYC001-020545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1205 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ADAIR COUNTY
 
AT 1205 AM EST/1105 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
50 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET NEAR THE NORTHEAST METCALFE/WESTERN ADAIR
COUNTY LINE OR NEAR THE TOWN OF KELTNER.
 
THE STORM IS HEADING EAST AT 55 MPH AND WILL HIT COLUMBIA BY 1120 PM
CST.
 
DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH 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.X
 
STUREY

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes in 1997

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.