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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Louisville, KY

May 30, 2004Grayson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 9:51 PM CDT for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Grayson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2491 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
2491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
16.0

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The text

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

428 
WFUS53 KLMK 310251
TORLMK
KYC085-310330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  CANEYVILLE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEITCHFIELD AROUND 1000 PM CDT
  MEREDITH...PEONIA...GRAYSON SPRINGS...CLARKSON AROUND 1005 PM CDT
  IBERIA...BIG CLIFTY AROUND 1010 PM CDT
  WAX AROUND 1015 PM CDT

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

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 3755 8664 3735 8655 3733 8608 3757 8610

$$

JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison33 min
May 30, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon3 hr
May 30, 8:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison3 hr
May 30, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio39 min
May 30, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock39 min
May 30, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock55 min
May 30, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge49 min
May 30, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler33 min
May 30, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade59 min
May 30, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson48 min
May 30, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMeade48 min
May 30, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan46 min
May 30, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin66 min
May 30, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren35 min
May 30, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson50 min
May 30, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart46 min
May 30, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson39 min
May 30, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt38 min
May 30, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson52 min
May 30, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham49 min
May 30, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue32 min
May 30, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Hart, Larue44 min
May 30, 10:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOldham, Trimble42 min
May 30, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Nelson40 min
May 30, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer37 min
May 30, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry33 min
May 30, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen44 min
May 30, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington42 min
May 30, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson37 min
May 30, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor45 min
May 30, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin43 min
May 30, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe, Monroe52 min
May 30, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Woodford47 min
May 30, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair46 min
May 30, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle41 min
May 30, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott37 min
May 30, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland48 min
May 30, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine44 min
May 30, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison37 min
May 30, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Clinton, Lincoln, Russell51 min
May 30, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard47 min
May 30, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon44 min
May 30, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas39 min
May 30, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison48 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.