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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY

May 11, 2003Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2003, 3:54 AM CDT for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2003, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2003, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Hart County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2003-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1200 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2003-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

753 
WFUS53 KLMK 110854
TORLMK
KYC099-110930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
353 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 349 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  KESSINGER...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CANMER...HARDYVILLE...LINWOOD AROUND 405 AM CDT
  MONROE AROUND 410 AM CDT

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR 
THE WARNED AREA. 

DAMAGING WINDS ALSO ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF HART COUNTY.

$$
FUNK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio41 min
May 11, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson23 min
May 11, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin42 min
May 11, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson29 min
May 11, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin32 min
May 11, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry26 min
May 11, 3:06 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKHardin24 min
May 11, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson31 min
May 11, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson45 min
May 11, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue25 min
May 11, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Hart42 min
May 11, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington32 min
May 11, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson13 min
May 11, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Marion, Taylor40 min
May 11, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer28 min
May 11, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland41 min
May 11, 4:27 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKMercer18 min
May 11, 4:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey34 min
May 11, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine30 min
May 11, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette36 min
May 11, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln34 min
May 11, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.