Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 2:46 PM EST for Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2000, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado F1 | St Catherine, KY | A barn was destroyed and a post was pulled out of the ground along with the concrete base. The barn owner reported seeing a funnel cloud before impact. |
| Nov 9, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Sharpsville, KY | A resident observed a funnel cloud before taking shelter. The tornado blew in his back door, shattering the glass. The man was injured by flying glass. |
| Nov 9, 3:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Countywide, KY | |
| Nov 9, 3:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Texas, KY |
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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLMK 091946 TORSDF KYC229-092015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 246 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 315 PM EST * AT 243 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS FROM 13 MILES WEST OF FREDRICKTOWN TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...OR FROM 32 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SPRINGFIELD...ST. CATHERINE AROUND 255 PM EST FENWICK...TEXAS AROUND 300 PM EST MACKVILLE...WILLISBURG AROUND 305 PM EST THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 25 min |
| Nov 9, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 33 min |
| Nov 9, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 23 min |
| Nov 9, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 44 min |
| Nov 9, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 44 min |
| Nov 9, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 32 min |
| Nov 9, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart | 38 min |
| Nov 9, 1:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren | 28 min |
| Nov 9, 1:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 41 min |
| Nov 9, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 47 min |
| Nov 9, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 46 min |
| Nov 9, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 57 min |
| Nov 9, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 34 min |
| Nov 9, 2:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green | 29 min |
| Nov 9, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 39 min |
| Nov 9, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 49 min |
| Nov 9, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 45 min |
| Nov 9, 2:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 43 min |
| Nov 9, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Nov 9, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion | 34 min |
| Nov 9, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 31 min |
| Nov 9, 2:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 21 min |
| Nov 9, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 35 min |
| Nov 9, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 34 min |
| Nov 9, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 26 min |
| Nov 9, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 3:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer | 21 min |
| Nov 9, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Trimble | 45 min |
| Nov 9, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 45 min |
| Nov 9, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln | 18 min |
| Nov 9, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Woodford | 13 min |
| Nov 9, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 42 min |
| Nov 9, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 14 min |
| Nov 9, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 39 min |
| Nov 9, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 32 min |
| Nov 9, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 35 min |
| Nov 9, 4:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 16 min |
| Nov 9, 4:20 PM EST | 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.