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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY

May 1, 2002Oldham County, Kentucky; Clark County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT for Oldham County, Kentucky; Clark County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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: May 1, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, IN, Oldham County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 1, 8:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 75 M	Crestwood, 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
May 1, 4:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 020030
TORSDF
INC019-KYC185-020100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
830 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  CHARLESTOWN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SKYLIGHT...OWEN...WESTPORT...BROWNSBORO AROUND 835 PM EDT
  LA GRANGE...BUCKNER...CRESTWOOD AROUND 840 PM EDT

VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY

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 3859 8567 3843 8577 3830 8542 3848 8536

$$

JA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Lincoln	30 min
May 1, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	32 min
May 1, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	33 min
May 1, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	42 min
May 1, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin	23 min
May 1, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Shelby	23 min
May 1, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	48 min
May 1, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Woodford	36 min
May 1, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	32 min
May 2, 8:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	36 min
May 2, 9:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	22 min
May 2, 9:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	35 min
May 2, 9:39 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	21 min
May 2, 9:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Mercer	43 min
May 2, 9:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	23 min
May 2, 9:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	31 min
May 2, 10:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard	32 min
May 2, 10:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	33 min
May 2, 12:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	33 min
May 2, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland	32 min
May 2, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Russell	33 min
May 1, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Scott	32 min
May 2, 12:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	17 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.