Tornado Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Jan 2, 2006, 2:18 PM CST (20:18 UTC)

Expired

Jan 2, 2006, 2:45 PM CST

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Adair County, KY

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000 
WFUS53 KLMK 022018
TORLMK
KYC001-022045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0004.060102T2018Z-060102T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
218 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 214 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLUMBIA...
  OR ABOUT 41 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CANE VALLEY BY 225 PM CST
  VESTER AND COBURG BY 230 PM CST
  ELLA BY 235 PM CST
  KNIFELY BY 240 PM CST
  PELLYTON BY 245 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3707 8549 3694 8531 3719 8506 3730 8517

$$

JA

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 022036
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
336 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

KYC001-022045-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060102T2045Z/
ADAIR KY-
236 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR ADAIR COUNTY...

AT 231 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HAIL TWO INCHES IN 
DIAMETER IN COLUMBIA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLA...KNIFELY AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELLYTON BY 245 PM CST

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

LAT...LON 3707 8549 3694 8531 3719 8506 3730 8517

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.