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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Louisville, KY

April 7, 2006Bullitt County, Spencer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 7:51 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2006, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Spencer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 7, 8:14 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Waterford, KY	NEAR HWY 44 AND 623 HEADING EAST.
Apr 7, 8:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Little Mount, KY	DOWN TREES NEAR GOOSE CREEK ROAD...POWERLINES DOWN NEAR NORMANDY STATION ROAD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 11:20 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 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 072351
TORLMK
KYC029-215-080015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0051.060407T2351Z-060408T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.   
  SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
  TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  TAYLORSVILLE BY 810 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3808 8552 3808 8571 3805 8571 3799 8561
      3797 8526 3804 8515 3813 8537

$$

AL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 080004
SVSLMK

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

KYC111-080015-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060408T0015Z/
JEFFERSON KY-
805 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3820 8587 3817 8591 3803 8592 3809 8571
      3809 8552 3815 8544 3819 8576

$$

JSD

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, 5:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 5:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
543 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

.SHORT TERM(MESOSCALE UPDATE).

SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF TN AND HAVE DISTINCT RIGHT MOVING
CHARACTERISTICS...AND NOW THE OUR MAIN FOCUS IS THE LINE OF STORMS
THAT ARE FORMING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THIS SHOULD ENHANCE THE WIND
POTENTIAL GIBSON COUNTY KY STORM JUST PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM IN ENTERING AIR THAT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED OVER...SO THE
TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE. LARGE HAIL IS STILL A THREAT WITH
OPTIMUM WBZS. DEW POINTS DROP OFF BEHIND THE FRONT AND THINGS WILL
QUIET DOWN BY MID TO LATE EVENING.
JDG

.LONG TERM(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)

NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PD...MAINLY DRY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MIGRATE EAST TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
BY TUESDAY. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLO WILL INCREASE 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.

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 KEEP LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDER WEDNESDAY...SUPPORTED BY HPC. THIS SYSTEM IS WEAK
HOWEVER AND MAINLY TO OUR NORTH...SO NO COLD AIR TO FOLLOW WITH
CONTD OSLO WARMING THRU FRI. --DK

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

&&

JG/AB/DK

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM 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-
600 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 /500 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE 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 FRIDAY.

THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEXT
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.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.

--21

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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

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

0702 PM     HAIL             RAMSEY                  38.32N 86.15W
04/07/2006  M1.75 INCH       HARRISON           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

CS

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:13 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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

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

0712 PM     HAIL             WHITE CLOUD             38.23N 86.23W
04/07/2006  E1.25 INCH       HARRISON           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

&&

RL

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:17 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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

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

0717 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 S CORYDON             38.18N 86.13W
04/07/2006                   HARRISON           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

RL

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:30 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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

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

0725 PM     HAIL             GEORGETOWN              38.30N 85.97W
04/07/2006  E0.75 INCH       FLOYD              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RL

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:36 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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

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

0735 PM     TORNADO          PLEASURE RIDGE PARK     38.15N 85.85W
04/07/2006                   JEFFERSON          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND

&&

RL

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:42 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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

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

0740 PM     HAIL             PLEASURE RIDGE PARK     38.15N 85.85W
04/07/2006  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	33 min
Apr 7, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	37 min
Apr 7, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	31 min
Apr 7, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	15 min
Apr 7, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	15 min
Apr 7, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson	26 min
Apr 7, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	50 min
Apr 7, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Hart	48 min
Apr 7, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	46 min
Apr 7, 2:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren, Hart	26 min
Apr 7, 2:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green, Metcalfe	34 min
Apr 7, 2:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan	30 min
Apr 7, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	37 min
Apr 7, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	35 min
Apr 7, 2:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Simpson, Warren	48 min
Apr 7, 3:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Taylor	45 min
Apr 7, 3:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	36 min
Apr 7, 3:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen	27 min
Apr 7, 3:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	33 min
Apr 7, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	36 min
Apr 7, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	34 min
Apr 7, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard	29 min
Apr 7, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren	34 min
Apr 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	46 min
Apr 7, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	24 min
Apr 7, 4:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	20 min
Apr 7, 4:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Monroe	22 min
Apr 7, 4:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	27 min
Apr 7, 5:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton	15 min
Apr 7, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	22 min
Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	35 min
Apr 7, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	44 min
Apr 7, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	34 min
Apr 7, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	42 min
Apr 7, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.