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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

May 23, 2000Grayson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2000, 2:03 PM CDT for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
May 23, 2000, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2000, 2:35 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Grayson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

322 
WFUS53 KLMK 231905
TORSDF
KYC085-231935-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
203 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 235 PM CDT

* AT 203 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO
  OVER LEITCHFIELD...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GRAYSON SPRINGS AT 210 PM CDT
  MEREDITH...PEONIA AROUND 215 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY...SMALL ROOM OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

MARIEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio21 min
May 23, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge23 min
May 23, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio29 min
May 23, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge33 min
May 23, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson43 min
May 23, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson28 min
May 23, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart45 min
May 23, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe44 min
May 23, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart50 min
May 23, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKMetcalfe25 min
May 23, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe38 min
May 23, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson35 min
May 23, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe25 min
May 23, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCumberland30 min
May 23, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock48 min
May 23, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren16 min
May 23, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin64 min
May 23, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland39 min
May 23, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson28 min
May 23, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge21 min
May 23, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHart43 min
May 23, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin34 min
May 23, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue34 min
May 23, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor35 min
May 23, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair41 min
May 23, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKRussell37 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.