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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY

October 18, 2007Henry County, Oldham County, Trimble County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 7:44 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
Oct 18, 2007, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Trimble County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 2:31 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 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 182344
TORLMK
KYC103-185-223-190015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0016.071018T2344Z-071019T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
744 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN TRIMBLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

* AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LA
  GRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD BY 800 PM EDT...
  NEW CASTLE BY 805 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR
OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

LAT...LON 3834 8536 3851 8548 3864 8523 3860 8520
      3861 8509 3859 8505 3854 8501 3853 8502
      3850 8497 3847 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 241DEG 26KT 3843 8536

$$

DK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190001
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
800 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

KYC103-223-190015-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-071019T0015Z/
TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
800 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN TRIMBLE COUNTIES...

AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SULPHUR...OR ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMPBELLSBURG BY 805 PM EDT...
  PORT ROYAL BY 815 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR
OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3843 8529 3855 8536 3864 8524 3860 8520
      3861 8509 3859 8505 3854 8501 3853 8502
      3849 8497 3847 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 241DEG 26KT 3849 8523

$$

JSD
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190012
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
812 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

KYC103-223-190022-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-071019T0015Z/
TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
812 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN TRIMBLE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3843 8529 3855 8536 3864 8524 3860 8520
      3861 8509 3859 8505 3854 8501 3853 8502
      3849 8497 3847 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 241DEG 26KT 3853 8513

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHancock21 min
Oct 18, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHancock32 min
Oct 18, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade45 min
Oct 18, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson33 min
Oct 18, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock35 min
Oct 18, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham32 min
Oct 18, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade23 min
Oct 18, 7:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock38 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.