Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2004, 7:24 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2004, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Stanford, KY | QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN STANFORD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLMK 062324
TORLMK
KYC137-070000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
724 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STANFORD...
OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
PREACHERSVILLE BY 730 PM EDT
CRAB ORCHARD BY 735 PM EDT
8 MILES NORTH OF DOG WALK BY 740 PM EDT
SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTHEAST OF STANFORD.
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 3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470
3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470
3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470
3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470
3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470 3727 8470
$$
XXVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 17 min |
| Jul 6, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Woodford | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 2 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004
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.