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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY

November 10, 2002Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 4:07 PM CST for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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, 4:07 PM CST (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 4:50 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 4:20 PM CSTHail 1.75Battletown, KY
Nov 10, 4:20 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWolf Creek, KYPower lines 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, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1061 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 408 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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, 1:52 AM CSTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Simpson23 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, 4:12 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
Nov 10, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois36 min
Nov 10, 3:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange48 min
Nov 10, 3:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange118 min
Nov 10, 3:38 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKOrange37 min
Nov 10, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington47 min
Nov 10, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford42 min
Nov 10, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKWashington22 min
Nov 10, 4:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison37 min
Nov 10, 4:23 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKClark, Scott37 min
Nov 10, 4:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd27 min
Nov 10, 4:36 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKHarrison29 min

Nearby

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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.