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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY

November 10, 2002Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 1:05 AM CST for Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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: Nov 10, 2002, 1:05 AM CST (07:05 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 1:35 AM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 1:20 AM CST	Hail 1	Plano, KY
Nov 10, 1:20 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Bowling Green, KY	Trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.

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
Nov 10, 12:35 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 401 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.

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 100705
TORSDF
KYC227-100735-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
104 AM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 135 AM CST

* AT 100 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  ROCKFIELD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RICH POND AROUND 110 AM CST
  BOWLING GREEN...PLANO AROUND 115 AM CST
  RICHARDSVILLE...RIVERSIDE AROUND 120 AM CST
  PLUM SPRINGS AROUND 125 AM CST
  OAKLAND...THREE FORKS AROUND 130 AM CST

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 3694 8666 3681 8657 3696 8614 3711 8630
          3719 8656

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 11:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	27 min
Nov 10, 12:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	29 min
Nov 10, 1:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	33 min
Nov 10, 1:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	29 min
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart	30 min
Nov 10, 1:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	23 min
Nov 10, 1:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	33 min
Nov 10, 2:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	26 min
Nov 10, 2:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	43 min
Nov 10, 2:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	36 min
Nov 10, 3:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Mercer	22 min
Nov 10, 3:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	28 min
Nov 10, 3:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	36 min
Nov 10, 3:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock	50 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	34 min
Nov 10, 4:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	30 min
Nov 10, 4:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	43 min
Nov 10, 4:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	33 min
Nov 10, 4:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland	26 min
Nov 10, 4:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	37 min
Nov 10, 4:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	24 min
Nov 10, 4:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	38 min
Nov 10, 5:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	23 min
Nov 10, 5:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Oldham	29 min
Nov 10, 5:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	37 min
Nov 10, 5:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	47 min
Nov 10, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	21 min
Nov 10, 5:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	29 min
Nov 10, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	22 min

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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.