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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY

November 9, 2000Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 12:59 PM CST for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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, 12:59 PM CST (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2000, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Hart County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 9, 1:05 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 70 E	Munfordville, KY
Nov 9, 1:06 PM CST	Tornado F1	Blowing Spgs, KY	Two buildings were lifted up and moved greater than 50 yards. A tractor trailer was deposited on a car.
Nov 9, 1:15 PM CST	Tornado F1	Horse Cave, KY	A porch roof and several attached columns were ripped off a house. A large pine tree was ripped apart and debris was spread in three directions. A barn was moved three feet away from its foundation, and one of its sides was caved in.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 9, 11:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 299 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 091859
TORSDF

KYC099-091945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1259 PM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 1258 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF PRICEVILLE
  TO 8 MILES WEST OF HORSE CAVE...OR FROM 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BOWLING GREEN TO 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HORSE CAVE...KESSINGER...PRICEVILLE AROUND 120 PM CST
  MUNFORDVILLE...ROWLETTS AROUND 125 PM CST
  BONNIEVILLE AROUND 135 PM CST
  HARDYVILLE AROUND 140 PM CST
  LINWOOD...CANMER AROUND 145 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 12:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	25 min
Nov 9, 12:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	33 min
Nov 9, 12:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	23 min
Nov 9, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	44 min
Nov 9, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	44 min
Nov 9, 12:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	32 min
Nov 9, 12:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart	38 min
Nov 9, 12:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren	28 min
Nov 9, 12:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	41 min
Nov 9, 12:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Meade	47 min
Nov 9, 1:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Metcalfe	57 min
Nov 9, 1:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	34 min
Nov 9, 1:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green	29 min
Nov 9, 1:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	39 min
Nov 9, 1:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	49 min
Nov 9, 1:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland	45 min
Nov 9, 1:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	43 min
Nov 9, 1:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	39 min
Nov 9, 1:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Marion	34 min
Nov 9, 1:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Russell	31 min
Nov 9, 1:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	29 min
Nov 9, 1:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt	21 min
Nov 9, 1:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Lincoln	37 min
Nov 9, 1:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton	35 min
Nov 9, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Spencer	34 min
Nov 9, 2:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer	26 min
Nov 9, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham, Shelby	37 min
Nov 9, 2:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Mercer	21 min
Nov 9, 2:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Trimble	45 min
Nov 9, 2:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Woodford	45 min
Nov 9, 2:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln	18 min
Nov 9, 2:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Woodford	13 min
Nov 9, 2:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	42 min
Nov 9, 2:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	37 min
Nov 9, 2:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	37 min
Nov 9, 2:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Madison	14 min
Nov 9, 2:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison	39 min
Nov 9, 2:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	32 min
Nov 9, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nicholas	35 min
Nov 9, 3:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark	16 min
Nov 9, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	15 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.