Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Scottsville, KY | Near 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 CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Scottsville, KY | Trees 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.
| 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, 7.9 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 1:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Warren | 30 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, 1:57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.