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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

April 22, 2005Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2005, 6:47 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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: Apr 22, 2005, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 7:26 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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
Apr 22, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 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 222247
TORLMK
KYC111-222315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0005.050422T2247Z-050422T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
647 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FERN CREEK BY 700 PM EDT
  ST. MATTHEWS AND JEFFERSONTOWN BY 705 PM EDT
  LYNDON BY 710 PM EDT
  ANCHORAGE...MIDDLETOWN AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF PROSPECT BY 715 PM EDT

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 3810 8576 3823 8585 3828 8578 3827 8573
      3829 8569 3836 8565 3837 8562 3829 8546
      3827 8547 3815 8548 3809 8573

$$

JARVIS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 222312 RRA
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
709 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

KYC111-222315-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050422T2315Z/
JEFFERSON KY-
709 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY...

AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO IN EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR ST. MATTHEWS...OR IN EASTERN LOUISVILLE. A STORM 
SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD AT HURSTBOURNE PARKWAY AND 
STONEY BROOK AT 705 PM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR
LYNDON...PROSPECT...ANCHORAGE AND NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSONTOWN BY 713 
PM EDT

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.

LAT...LON 3810 8576 3823 8585 3828 8578 3827 8573
      3829 8569 3836 8565 3837 8562 3829 8546
      3827 8547 3815 8548 3809 8573

$$
04

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 222326
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
719 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

KYC111-222330-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050422T2315Z/
JEFFERSON KY-
719 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED A TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS 
MOVED INTO OLDHAM COUNTY AND HAS WEAKENED.  THERE IS A STILL THE 
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT HOUR...AND THEN WILL COME TO 
AN END.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.   


LAT...LON 3810 8576 3823 8585 3828 8578 3827 8573
      3829 8569 3836 8565 3837 8562 3829 8546
      3827 8547 3815 8548 3809 8573
$$
JDG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	22 min
Apr 22, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Meade	51 min
Apr 22, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	47 min
Apr 22, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	44 min
Apr 22, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson	37 min
Apr 22, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson	33 min
Apr 22, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	47 min
Apr 22, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt	39 min
Apr 22, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	49 min
Apr 22, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson	43 min
Apr 22, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	27 min
Apr 22, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Spencer	53 min
Apr 22, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren	53 min
Apr 22, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin	47 min
Apr 22, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	37 min
Apr 22, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	40 min
Apr 22, 7:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Franklin	45 min
Apr 22, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Marion, Taylor, Washington	51 min
Apr 22, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Mercer, Woodford	36 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.