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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Louisville, KY

April 7, 2006Adair County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 2:09 PM CDT for Adair County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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 7, 2006, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2006, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Adair County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 7, 10:20 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 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 071910
TORLMK
KYC001-071945-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0040.060407T1909Z-060407T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
209 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VESTER BY 215 PM CDT
  KNIFELY AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLA BY 220 PM CDT
  PELLYTON BY 225 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3714 8546 3708 8545 3710 8511 3716 8508
      3721 8507 3727 8511 3731 8518 3727 8520
      3724 8531 3719 8535

$$

KIRKPATRICK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 7, 9:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 9:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
10 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

.MORNING UPDATE:
WILL LOWER POPS INTO CHC CAT INTO THE EARLY AFTN HOURS. ALSO WILL
GO WI PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND UP MAX TEMPS TO AROUND 80 NORTH
TO THE LOWER 80S SOUTHWEST THIS AFTN.

REMAINDER OF FCST THE SAME

PREVIOUS FCST DISCUSSIONS BELOW:

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

AT 06Z SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA JUST NORTH OF A WARM FRONT. THE
FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM EVV TO SDF TO JUST NORTH OF LEX AND MOVING
NORTH.

FAIRLY COMPLEX WEATHER SCENARIO FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. CLOSED
UPPER LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL OPEN AND DROP
SOUTHEAST AS A NORTHERN STREAM LOW ROTATES THROUGH THE NORTHEAST
STATES. A DEFORMATION ZONE WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN THIS NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN STREAM IMPULSES JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOW OVER NEBRASKA WILL DROP INTO SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI BY EVENING. THE FORE MENTIONED DEFORMATION ZONE SHOULD BE
THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
ATMOSPHERE BECOMES UNSTABLE (LIS: MINUS 9 AND CAPES OF 1000 J/KG).
EXPECT A SQUALL LINE TO DEVELOP AND DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT ALONG THE LINE WILL BE LARGE
HAIL BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL TAKE HOLD TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS
SOUTH OF THE REGION BY 09Z.

WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON TEMPERATURES TODAY THAN YESTERDAY.
READINGS ARE ALREADY IN THE UPPER 60S ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION
OF THE CWFA. WE WILL MENTION UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S TODAY WITH LOWS
EXPECTED TO BE SOME 30 DEGREES COOLER TONIGHT. --JA

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...

SHOWERS WILL END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. A
SHARP COLD FRONT WILL BE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE BORDER
BY MID-MORNING SATURDAY. SHOWERS WILL LAG A FEW HOURS BEHIND THIS
FRONT AND ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD EXIT THE STATE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY BUILD IN ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY AND A NORTHERLY WIND WILL BRING IN MUCH
COOLER AND DRIER AIR DURING THE DAY. 925MB TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST
TO FALL FROM 16C TO 1C FROM 18Z FRI TO 18Z SATURDAY.

SKIES WILL CLEAR AND WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT BY EARLY SUNDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS ILLINOIS. BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM ARE SIMILAR
IN FORECASTING LOWS FROM 30 TO 35 ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD
FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PLANTS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO COLD
TEMPERATURES MAY NEED TO BE PROTECTED. UNDER SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT
WINDS...HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL MODERATE FROM THOSE OF SATURDAY...BUT
STILL FALL A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY APRIL.

MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

A NICE SPRING PERIOD EXPECTED WITH AMPLE SUN AND WARMING
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. AT THE
SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MIGRATE EAST TOWARDS THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST BY TUESDAY. LIGHT WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHERLY BY TUESDAY...BUT A
RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN GULF WILL INHIBIT
RAPID RETURN OF GULF MOISTURE. RIDGING ALOFT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
LOWER OHIO VALLEY AS TROUGHING DEVELOPS ACROSS THE ROCKIES.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD APPROACH 70 BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...

LOW PRESSURE MOVING WEST OF THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW A
TROUGH TO MOVE EAST THROUGH OUR REGION WEDNESDAY. MODIFIED GULF AIR
WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND SO WILL ADD LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWER
AND THUNDER WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS WEAK HOWEVER...AND NO COLD AIR
WILL FOLLOW...AND SO WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES MILD THROUGH THURSDAY.

JSD

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 10:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1155 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-080830-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
1055 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 /1155 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPS ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. BOTH THE LOW
PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT AND THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR BROADCAST MEDIA. INFORMATION MAY
ALSO BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 1:37 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
237 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0236 PM     HAIL             CAVE CITY               37.14N 85.96W
04/07/2006  M1.75 INCH       BARREN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MAS

Local storm report, Apr 7, 1:41 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
241 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0236 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     CAVE CITY               37.14N 85.96W
04/07/2006                   BARREN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MAS

Local storm report, Apr 7, 1:50 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
250 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0248 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     HISEVILLE               37.10N 85.82W
04/07/2006                   BARREN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MAS

Local storm report, Apr 7, 1:52 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
252 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0251 PM     HAIL             CENTER                  37.13N 85.68W
04/07/2006  M1.75 INCH       METCALFE           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            75 MPH WIND

&&

MAS

Local storm report, Apr 7, 1:57 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
257 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0256 PM     HAIL             RUSSELLVILLE            36.84N 86.89W
04/07/2006  M1.75 INCH       LOGAN              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MAS

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0250 PM     HAIL             PAYNEVILLE              37.98N 86.32W
04/07/2006  M1.00 INCH       MEADE              KY   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	33 min
Apr 7, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	37 min
Apr 7, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	31 min
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	15 min
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	15 min
Apr 7, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson	26 min
Apr 7, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	50 min
Apr 7, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Hart	48 min
Apr 7, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	46 min
Apr 7, 1:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren, Hart	26 min
Apr 7, 1:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green, Metcalfe	34 min
Apr 7, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan	30 min
Apr 7, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	37 min
Apr 7, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	35 min
Apr 7, 1:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Simpson, Warren	48 min
Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Taylor	45 min
Apr 7, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen	27 min
Apr 7, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	33 min
Apr 7, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	36 min
Apr 7, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	34 min
Apr 7, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard	29 min
Apr 7, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren	34 min
Apr 7, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	46 min
Apr 7, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	24 min
Apr 7, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	20 min
Apr 7, 3:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Monroe	22 min
Apr 7, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	27 min
Apr 7, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton	15 min
Apr 7, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	22 min
Apr 7, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	35 min
Apr 7, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	44 min
Apr 7, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	34 min
Apr 7, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	42 min
Apr 7, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	40 min
Apr 7, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Spencer	24 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.