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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY

November 10, 2002Allen County, Simpson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 1:52 AM CST for Allen County, Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2002, 1:52 AM CST (07:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 2:15 AM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Simpson County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Nov 10, 2:00 AM CSTTornado F1Scottsville, KYNear New Roe, KY, a large mobile home was lifted into the air,twisted, and tumbled down a hill. The home did have substantial tie downs which were ripped from the ground. One of the tie downs was bent into a "U" shape. Debris was blown across New Roe Road, abo
Nov 10, 2:25 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 EScottsville, KYTrees were downed.

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
Nov 10, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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 100752
TORSDF
KYC003-213-100815-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 149 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER RAPIDS...OR
  ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SCOTTSVILLE...HALFWAY...FOREST SPRINGS AROUND 205 AM CST
  MAYNARD...HOLLAND AROUND 210 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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio27 min
Nov 10, 12:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock29 min
Nov 10, 1:05 AM CSTTornado WarningLMKWarren30 min
Nov 10, 1:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Simpson33 min
Nov 10, 1:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock29 min
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Hart30 min
Nov 10, 1:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge33 min
Nov 10, 2:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen26 min
Nov 10, 2:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin43 min
Nov 10, 2:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor36 min
Nov 10, 3:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer22 min
Nov 10, 3:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe28 min
Nov 10, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland36 min
Nov 10, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKHancock50 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland34 min
Nov 10, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell30 min
Nov 10, 4:07 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade43 min
Nov 10, 4:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe33 min
Nov 10, 4:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland26 min
Nov 10, 4:43 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKJefferson37 min
Nov 10, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge24 min
Nov 10, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham38 min
Nov 10, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell23 min
Nov 10, 5:06 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKOldham29 min
Nov 10, 5:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade37 min
Nov 10, 5:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Trimble47 min
Nov 10, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson21 min
Nov 10, 5:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby29 min
Nov 10, 5:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.