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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Louisville, KY

July 10, 2003Boyle County, Mercer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2003, 9:28 PM EDT for Boyle County, Mercer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2003, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2003, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boyle County, KY, Mercer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 232 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

714 
WFUS53 KLMK 110128
TORLMK
KYC021-167-110215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
928 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NEVADA...OR
  ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DANVILLE AROUND 945 PM EDT

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN WASHINGTON 
COUNTY...NEAR THE SPRINGFIELD AREA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3760 8504 3774 8502 3779 8497 3779 8490
          3777 8478 3769 8479 3763 8470 3755 8485

$$

JARVIS

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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.