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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

October 4, 2002Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 2002, 7:51 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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
Oct 4, 2002, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 236 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

640 
WFUS53 KLMK 042351
TORSDF
KYC111-050015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
750 PM EDT FRI OCT 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  LOUISVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ST. MATTHEWS AROUND 800 PM EDT
  LYNDON AROUND 805 PM EDT
  JEFFERSONTOWN AROUND 810 PM EDT
  ANCHORAGE...MIDDLETOWN AROUND 815 PM EDT

THE STORM HAS BLOWN A ROOF OFF A BUILDING IN NEW ALBANY. SEEK 
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE TORNADO APPEARS TO BE TRACKING ALONG 
INTERSTATE 64.

LAT...LON 3828 8574 3823 8583 3817 8544 3831 8547

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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.