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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

May 27, 2004Henry County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 8:58 PM EDT for Henry 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
May 27, 2004, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2004-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2004-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

163 
WFUS53 KLMK 280052
TORLMK
INC043-280145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
853 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  NEW ALBANY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3841 8603 3831 8603 3818 8594 3835 8577
          3839 8591

$$

SCHOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOldham38 min
May 27, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry51 min
May 27, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby40 min
May 27, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham37 min
May 27, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry36 min
May 27, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson44 min
May 27, 9:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham115 min
May 27, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Spencer57 min
May 27, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Shelby42 min
May 27, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade39 min
May 27, 9:38 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKScott37 min
May 27, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin50 min
May 27, 10:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Woodford55 min
May 27, 10:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson3 hr
May 27, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison47 min
May 27, 10:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFayette34 min
May 27, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark47 min
May 27, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine43 min
May 27, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison52 min
May 27, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade29 min
May 28, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio45 min
May 28, 12:11 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade34 min
May 28, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge44 min
May 28, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson23 min
May 28, 12:22 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt53 min
May 28, 12:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson34 min
May 28, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin34 min
May 28, 12:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson42 min
May 28, 12:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt2 hr
May 28, 2:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey43 min

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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.