Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 1:55 PM CST for Clinton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
- Nov 9, 2000, 1:55 PM CST (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2000, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Countywide, 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 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 322 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 091956 TORSDF KYC053-092030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 155 PM CST THU NOV 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 230 PM CST * AT 153 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER ALBANY...OR ABOUT 41 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ALBANY...NOW CUMBERLAND CITY AROUND 210 PM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...SMALL ROOM OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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.
| 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, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 46 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, 1:56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.