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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY

April 7, 2006Allen County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 2:19 PM CDT for Allen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 2:46 PM CDT
In force
27 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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
Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2006-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 071919
TORLMK
KYC003-072000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0041.060407T1919Z-060407T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
  SCOTTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  SCOTTSVILLE BY 235 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3687 8627 3677 8641 3669 8641 3668 8602
      3674 8603 3683 8609 3691 8615

$$

SCHOTT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 071946
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
346 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

KYC003-071956-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060407T2000Z/
ALLEN KY-
246 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALLEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3687 8627 3677 8641 3669 8641 3668 8602
      3674 8603 3683 8609 3691 8615

$$

SCHOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan33 min
Apr 7, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio37 min
Apr 7, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren31 min
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren15 min
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio15 min
Apr 7, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson26 min
Apr 7, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge50 min
Apr 7, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart48 min
Apr 7, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan46 min
Apr 7, 1:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Hart26 min
Apr 7, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe34 min
Apr 7, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLogan30 min
Apr 7, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade37 min
Apr 7, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey35 min
Apr 7, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKSimpson, Warren48 min
Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKTaylor45 min
Apr 7, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair36 min
Apr 7, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey33 min
Apr 7, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln36 min
Apr 7, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison34 min
Apr 7, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard29 min
Apr 7, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren34 min
Apr 7, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble46 min
Apr 7, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe24 min
Apr 7, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe20 min
Apr 7, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMonroe22 min
Apr 7, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland27 min
Apr 7, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKClinton15 min
Apr 7, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe22 min
Apr 7, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade35 min
Apr 7, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson44 min
Apr 7, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson34 min
Apr 7, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock42 min
Apr 7, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio40 min
Apr 7, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Spencer24 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.