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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

May 19, 2005Trimble County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 6:47 PM EDT for Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
May 19, 2005, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2005, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Trimble County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 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 192248
TORLMK
KYC223-192315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0007.050519T2247Z-050519T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
647 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TRIMBLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST WEST OF 
BEDFORD...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 
15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN TRIMBLE COUNTY AT 700 PM EDT

TORNADOES IN KENTUCKY ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN...LOW CLOUDS
AND TREES. TAKE COVER NOW...DO NOT TRY TO WAIT ON THE STORM AND DO
NOT TRY TO OUTRUN IT.

LAT...LON 3851 8529 3851 8534 3853 8536 3854 8542
      3855 8541 3868 8539 3868 8529 3865 8525
      3860 8522 3858 8519

$$
CS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 192313
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
713 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005

KYC223-192323-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050519T2315Z/
TRIMBLE KY-
713 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TRIMBLE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3851 8529 3851 8534 3853 8536 3854 8542
      3855 8541 3868 8539 3868 8529 3865 8525
      3860 8522 3858 8519

$$

SCHOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen20 min
May 19, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor23 min
May 19, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren47 min
May 19, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan52 min
May 19, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson19 min
May 19, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin33 min
May 19, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart32 min
May 19, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren27 min
May 19, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Scott27 min
May 19, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue34 min
May 19, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio23 min
May 19, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham21 min
May 19, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry43 min
May 19, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble22 min
May 19, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio43 min
May 19, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry31 min
May 19, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Shelby41 min
May 19, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKTrimble3 hr
May 19, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson39 min
May 19, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby59 min
May 19, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham14 min
May 19, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Shelby48 min
May 19, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade40 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.