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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

February 27, 1999Hart County, Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 1999, 6:34 PM CST for Hart County, Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
Feb 27, 1999, 6:34 PM CST (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1999, 7:05 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hart County, KY, Larue County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1999-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 523 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1999-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 280035 RRA
TORSDF
KYC099-123-280105-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
734 PM EST (634 PM CST) SAT FEB 27 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 705 PM CST (805 PM EST)

* AT 732 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 40 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BONNIEVILLE IMMEDIATELY
  MAGNOLIA BY 740 PM EST / 640 PM CST
  MOUNT SHERMAN BY 745 PM EST / 645 PM CST
  PIKE VIEW BY 745 PM EST / 645 PM CSTT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

CS/RNK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 6:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer31 min
Feb 27, 6:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart34 min
Feb 27, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Taylor34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 1999Every tornado warning in 1999Tornadoes in 1999

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.