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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

May 30, 2004Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 4:28 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 4:29 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Ballardsville, KY	HAM OPERATOR CONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD.
May 30, 4:35 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Eminence, KY
May 30, 5:00 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	La Grange, KY	FUNNEL DROPPING DOWN OVER LA GRANGE.

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
May 30, 2:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

031 
WFUS53 KLMK 302028
TORLMK
KYC103-185-302115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO               
  NEAR CRESTWOOD...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF                    
  LOUISVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BALLARDSVILLE AROUND 435 PM EDT
  LA GRANGE AROUND 440 PM EDT
  SMITHFIELD AROUND 450 PM EDT
  SLIGO AROUND 455 PM EDT
  SULPHUR AROUND 500 PM EDT
  NEW CASTLE AROUND 505 PM EDT

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 3840 8564 3830 8546 3837 8530 3836 8515
          3843 8499 3859 8516 3850 8528 3851 8535

$$
KIRKPATRICK

The 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, 3:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	30 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, 4:30 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

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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.