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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 3:56 PM CST for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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, 3:56 PM CST (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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, 4:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Albany, 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, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
272 WFUS53 KLMK 102156 TORSDF KYC053-057-102230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 356 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 349 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF CUMBERLAND CITY...OR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CUMBERLAND CITY AROUND 405 PM CST SEMINARY AND AARON AROUND 415 PM CST THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. $$ FUNK
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, 1:52 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, 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.