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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Louisville, KY

November 10, 2002Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 5:43 PM EST for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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, 5:43 PM EST (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 6:20 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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, 6:05 PM ESTHail 1Prospect, KYPea to quarter size hail was covering the ground.
Nov 10, 6:15 PM ESTHail 1Prospect, KYHail fell near mile marker 15 on Interstate 71.

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, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 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.

630 
WFUS53 KLMK 102243
TORSDF
KYC111-102320-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
542 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE

* UNTIL 620 PM EST

* AT 539 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER VALLEY
  STATION...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FAIRDALE AROUND 550 PM EST
  SHIVELY AROUND 555 PM EST
  OKOLONA AROUND 600 PM EST
  LOUISVILLE...HIGHVIEW AROUND 605 PM EST
  FERN CREEK AROUND 610 PM EST
  ST. MATTHEWS...LYNDON...UTICA...JEFFERSONTOWN AROUND 615 PM EST

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.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3818 8590 3805 8588 3815 8544 3836 8562

KIRKPATRICK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 12:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio27 min
Nov 10, 1:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock29 min
Nov 10, 2:05 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKWarren30 min
Nov 10, 2:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Simpson33 min
Nov 10, 2:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock29 min
Nov 10, 2:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Hart30 min
Nov 10, 2:52 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Simpson23 min
Nov 10, 2:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge33 min
Nov 10, 3:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen26 min
Nov 10, 3:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin43 min
Nov 10, 3:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor36 min
Nov 10, 4:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer22 min
Nov 10, 4:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe28 min
Nov 10, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland36 min
Nov 10, 4:45 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHancock50 min
Nov 10, 4:56 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland34 min
Nov 10, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell30 min
Nov 10, 5:07 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade43 min
Nov 10, 5:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe33 min
Nov 10, 5:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland26 min
Nov 10, 5:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge24 min
Nov 10, 5:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham38 min
Nov 10, 6:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell23 min
Nov 10, 6:06 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKOldham29 min
Nov 10, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade37 min
Nov 10, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Trimble47 min
Nov 10, 6:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson21 min
Nov 10, 6:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby29 min
Nov 10, 6:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan22 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.