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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY

November 10, 2002Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 8:13 PM EST for Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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, 8:13 PM EST (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 8:15 PM EST
In force
2 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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, 8:20 PM ESTHail 0.75Elk Horn, KY
Nov 10, 8:20 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECampbellsville, KYNumerous 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 490 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
1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

975 
WFUS53 KLMK 110113
TORSDF
KYC217-110115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 809 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ELK HORN...OR ABOUT 43 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

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.

$$
TWF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 7:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin31 min
Nov 10, 7:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren34 min
Nov 10, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson35 min
Nov 10, 7:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren28 min
Nov 10, 7:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford20 min
Nov 10, 7:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison22 min
Nov 10, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart21 min
Nov 10, 7:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette17 min
Nov 10, 7:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe23 min
Nov 10, 7:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott17 min
Nov 10, 7:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas22 min
Nov 10, 7:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen47 min
Nov 10, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Marion26 min
Nov 10, 8:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Metcalfe, Taylor36 min
Nov 10, 8:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren46 min
Nov 10, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer15 min
Nov 10, 8:17 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKTaylor8 min
Nov 10, 8:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe35 min
Nov 10, 8:25 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey35 min
Nov 10, 8:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe25 min
Nov 10, 8:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland40 min
Nov 10, 8:40 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLincoln35 min
Nov 10, 8:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair28 min
Nov 10, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard10 min
Nov 10, 8:53 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKRussell37 min
Nov 10, 9:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison18 min
Nov 10, 9:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison18 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.