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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

November 15, 2005Simpson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:29 PM CST for Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Simpson County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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: 554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 421 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 506 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 5.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 160029
TORLMK
KYC213-160115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0021.051116T0029Z-051116T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 627 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING
  GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN BY 640 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 3666 8676 3666 8643 3680 8642 3682 8657
      3688 8664 3678 8673

$$
KIRKPATRICK

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 160043
SVSLMK

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

KYC213-160115-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051116T0115Z/
SIMPSON KY-
643 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR SIMPSON COUNTY...

AT 637 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF FRANKLIN NEAR 
WHERE INTERSTATE 65 CROSS THE STATE LINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GOLD CITY BY 650 PM CST

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3666 8676 3666 8643 3680 8642 3682 8657
      3688 8664 3678 8673

$$

13

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 160058
SVSLMK

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

KYC213-160115-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051116T0115Z/
SIMPSON KY-
657 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR SIMPSON COUNTY...

AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GOLD 
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3666 8676 3666 8643 3680 8642 3682 8657
      3688 8664 3678 8673

$$

13

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 160115 RRB
SVSLMK

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

KYC213-160125-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051116T0115Z/
SIMPSON KY-
715 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SIMPSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM CST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE 
THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3666 8676 3666 8643 3680 8642 3682 8657
      3688 8664 3678 8673

$$

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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, 6:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Edmonson	22 min
Nov 15, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren	34 min
Nov 15, 6:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	23 min
Nov 15, 6:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	41 min
Nov 15, 6:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green, Metcalfe	37 min
Nov 15, 6:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Taylor	24 min
Nov 15, 6:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen	35 min
Nov 15, 7:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	44 min
Nov 15, 7:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	13 min
Nov 15, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren	26 min
Nov 15, 7:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	24 min
Nov 15, 7:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Green	23 min
Nov 15, 8:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Russell	28 min
Nov 15, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	34 min
Nov 15, 9:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard	15 min
Nov 15, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	22 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.