Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 4:36 PM EST for Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- Jan 2, 2006, 4:36 PM EST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 5:05 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:45 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Stanford, KY | |
| Jan 2, 4:50 PM EST | TORNADO | Mckinney, KY | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN MCKINNEY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES TURNED OVER. ALSO GOLFBALL HAIL. |
| Jan 2, 4:55 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Stanford, KY | GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED IN HALLS GAP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLMK 022136 TORLMK KYC137-022215- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0008.060102T2136Z-060102T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 436 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 515 PM EST * AT 431 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STANFORD...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... STANFORD BY 450 PM EST 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 800 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3747 8487 3731 8471 3747 8447 3762 8467 $$ JA
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLMK 022205 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 503 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 KYC137-022213- /O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060102T2215Z/ LINCOLN KY- 503 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING AND MOVED OUT OF LINCOLN COUNTY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND MOBILE HOMES HAVING BEEN FLIPPED NEAR MCKINNEY. HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED AT STANFORD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST. LAT...LON 3747 8487 3731 8471 3747 8447 3762 8467 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 1:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe, Monroe | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 36 min |
| Jan 2, 2:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 41 min |
| Jan 2, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 3:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 3:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 57 min |
| Jan 2, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 4:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 24 min |
| Jan 2, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Jan 2, 4:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 36 min |
| Jan 2, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.