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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

August 9, 2000Henry County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2000, 9:55 PM EDT for Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 9, 2000, 9:55 PM EDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
35 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
Aug 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 
WFUS53 KLMK 100156
TORSDF

KYC103-100230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
955 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER NEW CASTLE...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BETHLEHEM...LOCKPORT AROUND 1030 PM EDT

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.

COX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison43 min
Aug 9, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble44 min
Aug 9, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott48 min
Aug 9, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas43 min
Aug 9, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Woodford31 min
Aug 9, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette36 min
Aug 9, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby41 min
Aug 9, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer34 min
Aug 9, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt28 min
Aug 9, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade48 min
Aug 9, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson62 min
Aug 10, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Ohio42 min
Aug 10, 12:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington33 min
Aug 10, 12:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin28 min
Aug 10, 2:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe35 min
Aug 10, 3:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue3 hr
Aug 10, 4:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Metcalfe26 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.