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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Louisville, KY

May 30, 2004Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 2:27 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Logan County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 2:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Lewisburg, KYFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 11:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1413 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 301927
TORLMK
KYC141-302000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
227 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SPA...OR
  ABOUT 32 MILES WEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEWISBURG AND EPLEYS STATION BY 235 PM CDT



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3699 8717 3683 8708 3692 8667 3707 8691

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren33 min
May 30, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison28 min
May 30, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson30 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson31 min
May 30, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOldham33 min
May 30, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOhio38 min
May 30, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham47 min
May 30, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Madison60 min
May 30, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson23 min
May 30, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson46 min
May 30, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKWoodford38 min
May 30, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson43 min
May 30, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKShelby39 min
May 30, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine60 min
May 30, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham44 min
May 30, 4:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham113 min
May 30, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKShelby, Spencer40 min
May 30, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKFranklin48 min
May 30, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison28 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford24 min
May 30, 5:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWoodford3 hr
May 30, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison27 min
May 30, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison3 hr
May 30, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin3 hr
May 30, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette30 min
May 30, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKScott3 hr
May 30, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark38 min
May 30, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark3 hr
May 30, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham51 min
May 30, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard26 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.