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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

May 28, 2004Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2004, 12:11 AM EDT for Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2004, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2004, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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
May 27, 8:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1103 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

206 
WFUS53 KLMK 280411
TORLMK
KYC163-280445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1211 AM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1207 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER DOE
  VALLEY...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3803 8618 3793 8623 3789 8598 3801 8601
          3798 8606

$$

JB

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, 10:26 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, 12:16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.