Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 9:38 PM EDT for Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2004, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:39 PM EDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Georgetown, KY | POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN MALLARD POINT. |
| May 27, 9:39 PM EDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Georgetown, KY | POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN MALLARD POINT. |
| May 27, 9:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Georgetown, KY | SMALL BARN MOVED ACROSS A FIELD, IN THE SIMS PIKE AREA NORTH OF GEORGETOWN, NEAR DELAPLAIN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLMK 280138 TORLMK KYC209-280215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 938 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 935 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER STAMPING GROUND...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SADIEVILLE...OXFORD AROUND 945 PM EDT DAVIS AROUND 950 PM EDT 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...SMALL ROOM OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3842 8478 3824 8476 3825 8441 3848 8455 $$ JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham | 38 min |
| May 27, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 51 min |
| May 27, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 37 min |
| May 27, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 32 min |
| May 27, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 44 min |
| May 27, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 115 min |
| May 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 57 min |
| May 27, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 39 min |
| May 27, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 50 min |
| May 27, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Woodford | 55 min |
| May 27, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 47 min |
| May 27, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette | 34 min |
| May 27, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 47 min |
| May 27, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine | 43 min |
| May 27, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 52 min |
| May 27, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| May 28, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 45 min |
| May 28, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 34 min |
| May 28, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 44 min |
| May 28, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 28, 12:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 53 min |
| May 28, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 34 min |
| May 28, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 34 min |
| May 28, 12:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 42 min |
| May 28, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 2 hr |
| May 28, 2:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.