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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Louisville, KY

July 5, 2004Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2004, 3:12 PM CDT for Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
Jul 5, 2004, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2004, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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
Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2004-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2320 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 2004-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 052012
TORLMK
KYC171-052045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
312 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 307 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLIPPIN...
  OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ROCKBRIDGE BY 325 PM CDT

THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IS IN NORTHERN 
MONROE COUNTY.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3672 8591 3676 8591 3683 8579 3684 8570
      3683 8561 3679 8560 3677 8556 3673 8553
      3673 8549 3671 8549 3669 8590

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt35 min
Jul 4, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer37 min
Jul 5, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio56 min
Jul 5, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio61 min
Jul 5, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler45 min
Jul 5, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan44 min
Jul 5, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge42 min
Jul 5, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson45 min
Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade40 min
Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt49 min
Jul 5, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren45 min
Jul 5, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson41 min
Jul 5, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKWarren37 min
Jul 5, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin44 min
Jul 5, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen30 min
Jul 5, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson46 min
Jul 5, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan85 min
Jul 5, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart34 min
Jul 5, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson44 min
Jul 5, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren42 min
Jul 5, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe54 min
Jul 5, 2:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen95 min
Jul 5, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor43 min
Jul 5, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington40 min
Jul 5, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham36 min
Jul 5, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe44 min
Jul 5, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby38 min
Jul 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland50 min
Jul 5, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair26 min
Jul 5, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin35 min
Jul 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer36 min
Jul 5, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey43 min
Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCumberland85 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford29 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell33 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine43 min
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln45 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison36 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.