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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY

November 15, 2005Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 5:59 PM CST for Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 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: Nov 15, 2005, 5:59 PM CST (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 160000
TORLMK
KYC227-160015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0018.051115T2359Z-051116T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 556 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OAKLAND...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SMITHS GROVE BY 605 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.

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 3713 8638 3687 8629 3694 8617 3706 8616
      3710 8631

$$
DK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 160006 RRA
SVSLMK

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

KYC227-160015-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-051116T0015Z/
WARREN KY-
605 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR EASTERN WARREN
COUNTY...

AT 601 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKLAND...OR 
ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 
65...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OAKLAND...SMITHS GROVE...AND TUCKERTOWN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CLEAVE THE CAR AND 
GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK 
SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3713 8638 3687 8629 3694 8617 3706 8616
      3710 8631

$$

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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, 5:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Simpson, Warren	31 min
Nov 15, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.