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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY

November 9, 2000Clark County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 4:14 PM EST for Clark County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 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
Nov 9, 2000, 4:14 PM EST (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 4:30 PM EST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, KY

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 9, 3:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

116 
WFUS53 KLMK 092114
TORSDF
KYC049-092130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 412 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF WINCHESTER
  TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUCKERVILLE...OR FROM 13 MILES EAST OF
  LEXINGTON TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RUCKERVILLE AROUND 420 PM EST
  TRAPP AROUND 425 PM EST

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, 1:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Simpson25 min
Nov 9, 1:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren33 min
Nov 9, 1:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio23 min
Nov 9, 1:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock44 min
Nov 9, 1:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson44 min
Nov 9, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen32 min
Nov 9, 1:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Hart38 min
Nov 9, 1:47 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBarren28 min
Nov 9, 1:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe41 min
Nov 9, 1:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade47 min
Nov 9, 1:59 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHart46 min
Nov 9, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe57 min
Nov 9, 2:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue34 min
Nov 9, 2:16 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKGreen29 min
Nov 9, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson39 min
Nov 9, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor49 min
Nov 9, 2:30 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCumberland45 min
Nov 9, 2:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair43 min
Nov 9, 2:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson39 min
Nov 9, 2:41 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMarion34 min
Nov 9, 2:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Russell31 min
Nov 9, 2:46 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKWashington29 min
Nov 9, 2:49 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBullitt21 min
Nov 9, 2:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Lincoln37 min
Nov 9, 2:55 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClinton35 min
Nov 9, 2:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer34 min
Nov 9, 3:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer26 min
Nov 9, 3:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Shelby37 min
Nov 9, 3:24 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMercer21 min
Nov 9, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Henry, Trimble45 min
Nov 9, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford45 min
Nov 9, 3:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Lincoln18 min
Nov 9, 3:32 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKWoodford13 min
Nov 9, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette42 min
Nov 9, 3:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison37 min
Nov 9, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott37 min
Nov 9, 3:51 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMadison14 min
Nov 9, 3:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison39 min
Nov 9, 3:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark32 min
Nov 9, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas35 min
Nov 9, 4:20 PM ESTTornado 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.