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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

May 27, 2004Fayette County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 10:26 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 10 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, 10:26 PM EDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLexington, KYROOFING MATERIAL ON PARTS OF CITATION ROAD NEAR I-75 EXIT 115.
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLexington, KYROOFING MATERIAL ON PARTS OF CITATION ROAD NEAR I-75 EXIT 115.
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLexington, KYTREE LIMBS DOWN ON I-75 NEAR MILE MAKER 115
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLexington, KYTREE LIMBS DOWN ON I-75 NEAR MILE MAKER 115
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLexington, KYNUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLexington, KYNUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTORNADOLexington, KYPOSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF LEXINGTON.VERNDALE ROAD NUMEROUS HOUSES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTORNADOLexington, KYPOSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF LEXINGTON.VERNDALE ROAD NUMEROUS HOUSES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTORNADOLexington, KYPOSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT LEESTOWN ROAD AND NEW CIRCLE AND VERSAILES ROAD AT NEW CIRCLE. REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES.
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTORNADOLexington, KYPOSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT LEESTOWN ROAD AND NEW CIRCLE AND VERSAILES ROAD AT NEW CIRCLE. REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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°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.

803 
WFUS53 KLMK 280226
TORLMK
KYC067-280300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1026 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

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 3814 8463 3801 8467 3796 8432 3819 8438

$$

JA

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, 8:58 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry32 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, 10:33 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.