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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

September 20, 2002Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 20, 2002, 2:01 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2002, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2002, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ohio County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 20, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 12:00Z on 2002-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 719 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 12:00Z on 2002-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

308 
WFUS53 KLMK 201901
TORSDF
KYC183-201930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
200 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
  CENTERTOWN...OR ABOUT 52 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CENTERTOWN AROUND 205 PM CDT
  HEFLIN...BEDA...HARTFORD...BEAVER DAM AROUND 210 PM CDT
  DUNDEE...ROSINE AROUND 220 PM CDT
  DEANEFIELD...OLATON AROUND 225 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.

LAT...LON 3751 8710 3736 8710 3743 8663 3771 8681

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge34 min
Sep 20, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade28 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.