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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY

April 28, 2002Bullitt County, Hardin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 4:41 AM EDT for Bullitt County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2002, 4:41 AM EDT (08:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2002, 5:05 AM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 4:55 AM EDTTornado F1Radcliff, KYTwo homes had their roofs torn off. There was minor structural damage to 24 other homes. Numerous trees were uprooted. Tornado intensity was estimated at F1 with spots of F2 damage.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 372 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
488 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.

459 
WFUS53 KLMK 280841
TORSDF
KYC029-093-280905-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
440 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 505 AM EDT

* AT 438 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORT
  KNOX...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SHEPHERDSVILLE...BROOKS...HILLVIEW...MOUNT WASHINGTON AROUND 500 AM
  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.

LAT...LON 3799 8600 3783 8599 3796 8572 3795 8555
          3809 8550 3807 8576

$$
DK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock36 min
Apr 28, 4:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade36 min
Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham42 min
Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge12 min
Apr 28, 4:28 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade22 min
Apr 28, 4:35 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKOhio40 min
Apr 28, 4:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin31 min
Apr 28, 5:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson43 min
Apr 28, 5:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson40 min
Apr 28, 5:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson34 min
Apr 28, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer19 min
Apr 28, 5:23 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson22 min
Apr 28, 5:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue33 min
Apr 28, 5:35 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHart40 min
Apr 28, 5:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Washington34 min
Apr 28, 5:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer31 min
Apr 28, 5:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford20 min
Apr 28, 5:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor31 min
Apr 28, 6:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine27 min
Apr 28, 6:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas13 min
Apr 28, 6:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison24 min
Apr 28, 6:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard27 min
Apr 28, 6:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey42 min
Apr 28, 6:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey39 min
Apr 28, 6:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison41 min
Apr 28, 6:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen15 min
Apr 28, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion25 min
Apr 28, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle36 min
Apr 28, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln29 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.