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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Louisville, KY

July 6, 2004Casey County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2004, 7:43 PM EDT for Casey County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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 6, 2004, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Casey County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 6, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2004-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1048 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 2004-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 062343
TORLMK
KYC045-070015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
742 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LIBERTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF LIBERTY BY 750 PM EDT

THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 
PARTS OF CASEY COUNTY. STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IS LIKELY ACROSS 
THE REST OF CASEY 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 3720 8506 3726 8506 3731 8517 3738 8513
      3742 8505 3754 8505 3754 8487 3743 8487
      3736 8474 3730 8472 3724 8473 3711 8494

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock35 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio62 min
Jul 6, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler20 min
Jul 6, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson38 min
Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson39 min
Jul 6, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan25 min
Jul 6, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham34 min
Jul 6, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor17 min
Jul 6, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble36 min
Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin40 min
Jul 6, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby39 min
Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington47 min
Jul 6, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson28 min
Jul 6, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue26 min
Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart31 min
Jul 6, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen40 min
Jul 6, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland39 min
Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion47 min
Jul 6, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Shelby29 min
Jul 6, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle37 min
Jul 6, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen36 min
Jul 6, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor43 min
Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Woodford30 min
Jul 6, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott36 min
Jul 6, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln32 min
Jul 6, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard31 min
Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair34 min
Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison47 min
Jul 6, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey43 min
Jul 6, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison39 min
Jul 6, 7:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln36 min
Jul 6, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon27 min
Jul 6, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard41 min
Jul 6, 7:38 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon22 min
Jul 6, 7:38 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon37 min
Jul 6, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas43 min
Jul 6, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette29 min
Jul 6, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas2 hr

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.