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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

May 31, 2001Logan County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2001, 7:46 PM CDT for Logan County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2001, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 8:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Bowling Green, KY	A few trees were downed.

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 010048
TORSDF
KYC141-213-227-010130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
746 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF AUBURN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SOUTH UNION AROUND 755 PM CDT
  ROCKFIELD...WOODBURN AROUND 805 PM CDT
  RICH POND AROUND 815 PM CDT
  PLANO AROUND 820 PM CDT
  BOWLING GREEN AROUND 825 PM CDT

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.

REPO7RT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY FOR 
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3677 8686 3665 8672 3692 8633 3706 8650

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen	26 min
May 31, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson	25 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.