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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

January 3, 2000Henry County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 2:53 PM EST for Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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
Jan 3, 2000, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 3:20 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, KY

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 12:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jan 3, 2:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-213 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 031955
TORSDF
KYC103-032020-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
253 PM EST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 320 PM EST

* AT 250 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR OLDHAM AND HENRY COUNTY LINE EAST OF LAGRANGE...20
  MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEW CASTLE AT 305 PM EST
  FRANKLINTOWN AND BETHLEHEM AT 310 PM EST
  LOCKPORT AT 315 PM EST

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

.END/TWF/REITMEYER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 1:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade38 min
Jan 3, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson34 min
Jan 3, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble32 min
Jan 3, 2:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham39 min
Jan 3, 2:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry33 min
Jan 3, 5:18 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHancock32 min
Jan 3, 5:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge24 min
Jan 3, 5:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade44 min
Jan 3, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble26 min
Jan 3, 6:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson28 min
Jan 3, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.