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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Louisville, KY

October 24, 2001Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2001, 7:26 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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: Oct 24, 2001, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2001, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Jefferson County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Oct 24, 7:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Pleasure Ridge Park, KY
Oct 24, 7:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 90 E	Okolona, KY
Oct 24, 7:50 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 90 E	Louisville, 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
Oct 24, 7:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

909 
WFUS53 KLMK 242326
TORSDF
KYC111-250000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
726 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR PLEASURE RIDGE PARK...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LOUISVILLE...FAIRDALE AROUND 735 PM EDT
  OKOLONA...HIGHVIEW...ST. MATTHEWS AROUND 740 PM EDT
  JEFFERSONTOWN...FERN CREEK...LYNDON AROUND 745 PM EDT
  MIDDLETOWN...ANCHORAGE AROUND 750 PM EDT

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.

TWF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	32 min
Oct 24, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	31 min
Oct 24, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	40 min
Oct 24, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	30 min
Oct 24, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson	33 min
Oct 24, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	50 min
Oct 24, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	46 min
Oct 24, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	34 min
Oct 24, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	46 min
Oct 24, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson, Spencer	44 min
Oct 24, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Shelby	44 min
Oct 24, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hart	46 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.