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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY

November 15, 2005Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 5:29 PM CST for Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2005, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 15, 5:38 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Franklin, KY	CARPORT BLOWN ONTO ROAD. SEVERAL TREES DOWN ELSEWHERE AROUND COUNTY.
Nov 15, 5:45 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Franklin, KY	TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED.
Nov 15, 5:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Rockfield, KY	POWER POLES WERE DOWN IN ROCKFIELD AND ALSO IN BROWNING.

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 15, 2:01 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 152330
TORLMK
KYC213-227-160000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0016.051115T2329Z-051116T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
529 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 526 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  FRANKLIN...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WOODBURN...RICH POND...ROCKFIELD AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLD CITY
  BY 540 PM CST
  PLANO AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOYCE BY 545 PM CST
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALVATON BY 550 PM CST
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYPOOL BY 555 PM CST

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.

LAT...LON 3684 8669 3667 8676 3667 8645 3677 8642
      3683 8636 3694 8618 3692 8662

$$
KIRKPATRICK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 152343
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
643 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

KYC213-227-160000-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-051116T0000Z/
WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
543 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SIMPSON AND
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
WOODBURN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PLANO...ALVATON AND BOYCE BY 550 PM CST

DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM AROUND 615 PM CST 
SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELLVILLE.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT.

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.

LAT...LON 3684 8669 3667 8676 3667 8645 3677 8642
      3683 8636 3694 8618 3692 8662

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KLMK 152354
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
653 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

KYC213-227-160000-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-051116T0000Z/
WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
553 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...70 MPH WINDS IN BOWLING GREEN...

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SIMPSON AND
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 547 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS IN BOWLING GREEN. 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BOWLING GREEN...NEAR RICH POND...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO 
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE 
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

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.

LAT...LON 3684 8669 3667 8676 3667 8645 3677 8642
      3683 8636 3694 8618 3692 8662

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 1:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	26 min
Nov 15, 4:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock	17 min
Nov 15, 4:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	39 min
Nov 15, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	37 min
Nov 15, 5:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Warren	16 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.