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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY

November 6, 2005Butler County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 3:50 AM CST for Butler County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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: Nov 6, 2005, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 4:15 AM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Butler County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 6, 3:55 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Woodbury, KY	TREES WERE DOWNED. ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE.
Nov 6, 4:00 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Woodbury, KY	STRUCTURE DAMAGE NO DETAILS, LINES DOWN
Nov 6, 4:00 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Woodbury, KY	NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND DAMAGE IN WOODBURY WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH. TWO HOMES AND A STORAGE SHED HAD ROOF DAMAGE.

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
Nov 6, 2:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 060950
TORLMK
KYC031-061015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0010.051106T0950Z-051106T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 415 AM CST

* AT 344 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MORGANTOWN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING
  GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ROUNDHILL BY 400 AM CST

THIS INCLUDES THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 28.

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3723 8674 3708 8681 3706 8666 3718 8662
      3718 8640 3729 8646

$$
TWF

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 061021
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
520 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

KYC031-061030-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-051106T1015Z/
BUTLER KY-
420 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY EXPIRED AT 415
AM CST...

NO REPORTS OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE. HOWEVER...SOME UNSPECIFIED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED 
NEAR WOODBURY IN EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH.

NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS BUTLER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3723 8674 3708 8681 3706 8666 3718 8662
      3718 8640 3729 8646

$$
TWF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 6, 2:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	40 min
Nov 6, 3:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	37 min
Nov 6, 3:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	52 min
Nov 6, 3:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler	41 min
Nov 6, 3:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	46 min
Nov 6, 4:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	45 min
Nov 6, 4:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	37 min
Nov 6, 4:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	27 min
Nov 6, 4:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	38 min
Nov 6, 4:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hart	20 min
Nov 6, 5:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	14 min
Nov 6, 5:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	18 min
Nov 6, 5:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland	33 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.