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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY

November 15, 2005Allen County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:55 PM CST for Allen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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, 6:55 PM CST (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allen County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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, 0.9 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 160055
TORLMK
KYC003-160130-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0024.051116T0055Z-051116T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 653 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING
  GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SCOTTSVILLE BY 705 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 3678 8639 3666 8638 3664 8598 3692 8617

$$
DK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 160120
SVSLMK

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

KYC003-160130-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-051116T0130Z/
ALLEN KY-
718 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR ALLEN COUNTY...

AT 714 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
MAYNARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE MAYNARD AND 
WALNUT HILL.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3678 8639 3666 8638 3664 8598 3692 8617

$$

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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, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Simpson	46 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, 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.