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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Louisville, KY

May 30, 2004Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 5:35 PM EDT for Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 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 30, 2004, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 2:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
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

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The text

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

853 
WFUS53 KLMK 302135
TORLMK
KYC211-215-302215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ELK
  CREEK...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELK CREEK...SIMPSONVILLE AROUND 540 PM EDT
  TAYLORSVILLE...TODDS POINT AROUND 545 PM EDT
  FINCHVILLE AROUND 550 PM EDT
  LITTLE MOUNT...CHESTNUT GROVE AROUND 600 PM EDT
  SHELBYVILLE AROUND 605 PM EDT
  SOUTHVILLE AROUND 610 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3830 8544 3817 8542 3800 8550 3802 8515
          3833 8500 3835 8524 3830 8539

$$
KIRKPATRICK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren33 min
May 30, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison28 min
May 30, 3:15 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson30 min
May 30, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLogan33 min
May 30, 3:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson31 min
May 30, 3:57 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOldham33 min
May 30, 4:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOhio38 min
May 30, 4:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham47 min
May 30, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Madison60 min
May 30, 4:37 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson23 min
May 30, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson46 min
May 30, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKWoodford38 min
May 30, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson43 min
May 30, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKShelby39 min
May 30, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine60 min
May 30, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham44 min
May 30, 5:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham113 min
May 30, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFranklin48 min
May 30, 5:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison28 min
May 30, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford24 min
May 30, 6:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWoodford3 hr
May 30, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison27 min
May 30, 6:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison3 hr
May 30, 6:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin3 hr
May 30, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette30 min
May 30, 7:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKScott3 hr
May 30, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark38 min
May 30, 7:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark3 hr
May 30, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham51 min
May 30, 7:49 PM EDTTornado 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.