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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Louisville, KY

May 30, 2004Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 11:21 PM EDT for Jefferson 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, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 778 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 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
778 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

389 
WFUS53 KLMK 310321
TORLMK
KYC111-310400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1121 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER FAIRDALE...
  OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  JEFFERSONTOWN...MIDDLETOWN...ANCHORAGE...LYNDON AROUND 1130 PM EDT

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 3818 8591 3806 8589 3806 8582 3808 8556
          3811 8549 3812 8545 3820 8544 3834 8556

$$

SCHOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison33 min
May 30, 9:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon3 hr
May 30, 9:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison3 hr
May 30, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio39 min
May 30, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock39 min
May 30, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock55 min
May 30, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge49 min
May 30, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler33 min
May 30, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade59 min
May 30, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson48 min
May 30, 10:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade48 min
May 30, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan46 min
May 30, 10:51 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGrayson39 min
May 30, 10:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin66 min
May 30, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren35 min
May 30, 11:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson50 min
May 30, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart46 min
May 30, 11:22 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt38 min
May 30, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson52 min
May 30, 11:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham49 min
May 30, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue32 min
May 30, 11:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Hart, Larue44 min
May 30, 11:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOldham, Trimble42 min
May 30, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Nelson40 min
May 30, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer37 min
May 30, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry33 min
May 30, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen44 min
May 30, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington42 min
May 30, 11:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson37 min
May 31, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor45 min
May 31, 12:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin43 min
May 31, 12:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe, Monroe52 min
May 31, 12:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Woodford47 min
May 31, 12:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair46 min
May 31, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle41 min
May 31, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott37 min
May 31, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland48 min
May 31, 12:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine44 min
May 31, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison37 min
May 31, 12:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Clinton, Lincoln, Russell51 min
May 31, 12:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard47 min
May 31, 12:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon44 min
May 31, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas39 min
May 31, 12:57 AM EDTSevere 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.