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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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
- May 30, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Jefferson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | Jeffersonville, IN | TORNADO AT INTERSECTION OF SPRING AND EASTERN AND 10TH AND MAIN IN JEFFERSONVILLE. |
| May 30, 3:38 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 W New Albany, IN | STATE POLICE REPORT TORNADO ON GRAOUND AT MILE MARKER 14 ALONG INTERSTATE 64. |
| May 30, 3:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | Edwardsville, IN | OFFICERS TRACKING TORNADO VICINITY EDWARDSVILLE. |
| May 30, 3:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | Louisville, KY | AT 34TH AND RUDD STREETS. EXTENSIVE TREE AND WIRE DAMAGE. ALSO STRUCTURAL HOUSE DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 30, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
226
WFUS53 KLMK 301915
TORLMK
INC019-043-KYC111-301945-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
315 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
EDWARDSVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
NEW ALBANY...FLOYDS KNOBS...LOUISVILLE AROUND 320 PM EDT
CLARKSVILLE...JEFFERSONVILLE AROUND 330 PM EDT
CEMENTVILLE...ST. MATTHEWS AROUND 335 PM EDT
WATSON...SELLERSBURG...LYNDON AROUND 340 PM EDT
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.
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 3828 8599 3817 8591 3828 8543 3834 8558
3840 8574
$$
DKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 33 min |
| May 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 28 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 33 min |
| May 30, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 30, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham | 33 min |
| May 30, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 38 min |
| May 30, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 60 min |
| May 30, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson | 23 min |
| May 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Woodford | 38 min |
| May 30, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 30, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby | 39 min |
| May 30, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 60 min |
| May 30, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 44 min |
| May 30, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 113 min |
| May 30, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 40 min |
| May 30, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin | 48 min |
| May 30, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Madison | 28 min |
| May 30, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 24 min |
| May 30, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Woodford | 3 hr |
| May 30, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 27 min |
| May 30, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Madison | 3 hr |
| May 30, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 3 hr |
| May 30, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 30 min |
| May 30, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 38 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 51 min |
| May 30, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard | 26 min |
| May 30, 2:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 34 min |
| May 30, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 37 min |
| May 30, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 39 min |
| May 30, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 57 min |
| May 30, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 51 min |
| May 30, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd | 42 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.