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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY

November 9, 2000Barren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 12:47 PM CST for Barren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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
Nov 9, 2000, 12:47 PM CST (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 1:15 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Barren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 9, 12:50 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 70 ECountywide, KY
Nov 9, 1:00 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 70 EGlasgow, KYA male in a vehicle was struck and injured by wind blown debris.

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
Nov 9, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 331 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 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 148 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 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

679 
WFUS53 KLMK 091847
TORSDF
KYC009-091915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1247 PM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1243 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BON AYR...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF
  BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BON AYR...PARK CITY AROUND 1255 PM CST
  AUSTIN...LUCAS AROUND 100 PM CST
  CAVE CITY...HAYWOOD...TRACY AROUND 110 PM CST
  GLASGOW...LECTA...ROSEVILLE AROUND 115 PM CST

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
Nov 9, 12:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Simpson25 min
Nov 9, 12:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren33 min
Nov 9, 12:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio23 min
Nov 9, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock44 min
Nov 9, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson44 min
Nov 9, 12:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen32 min
Nov 9, 12:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Hart38 min
Nov 9, 12:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe41 min
Nov 9, 12:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade47 min
Nov 9, 12:59 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKHart46 min
Nov 9, 1:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe57 min
Nov 9, 1:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue34 min
Nov 9, 1:16 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKGreen29 min
Nov 9, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson39 min
Nov 9, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor49 min
Nov 9, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKCumberland45 min
Nov 9, 1:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair43 min
Nov 9, 1:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson39 min
Nov 9, 1:41 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKMarion34 min
Nov 9, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Russell31 min
Nov 9, 1:46 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKWashington29 min
Nov 9, 1:49 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKBullitt21 min
Nov 9, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Lincoln37 min
Nov 9, 1:55 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKClinton35 min
Nov 9, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer34 min
Nov 9, 2:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer26 min
Nov 9, 2:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Shelby37 min
Nov 9, 2:24 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKMercer21 min
Nov 9, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Henry, Trimble45 min
Nov 9, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford45 min
Nov 9, 2:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Lincoln18 min
Nov 9, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKWoodford13 min
Nov 9, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette42 min
Nov 9, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison37 min
Nov 9, 2:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott37 min
Nov 9, 2:51 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKMadison14 min
Nov 9, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison39 min
Nov 9, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark32 min
Nov 9, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas35 min
Nov 9, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKClark16 min
Nov 9, 3:20 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKHarrison15 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.