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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY

May 24, 2000Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2000, 7:43 PM CDT for Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2000, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 7:45 PM CDTTornado F0Bowling Green, KYNo damage was reported, so path length and width, and tornado intensity are estimated.

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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3627 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
3627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

381 
WFUS53 KLMK 250044
TORSDF
KYC227-250115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
743 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO
  OVER RICH POND...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PLANO AROUND 755 PM CDT
  ALVATON...BOYCE AROUND 805 PM CDT
  CLAYPOOL AROUND 810 PM CDT

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

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

STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren3 hr
May 24, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.