Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 6:14 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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
- May 10, 2003, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
625 WFUS51 KRLX 102214 TORRLX KYC089-OHC087-102245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 613 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT... * AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENUP... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOS. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE IRONTON AND LAKE VESUVIUS. --CALL TO ACTION-- IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3849 8241 3864 8241 3865 8278 3852 8298 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 35 min |
| May 10, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenup | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Greenup | 34 min |
| May 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 35 min |
| May 10, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 44 min |
| May 10, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia | 24 min |
| May 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia | 27 min |
| May 10, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 10, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 29 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.