Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
DK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLMK 190001
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
800 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
KYC103-223-190015-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-071019T0015Z/
TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
800 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN TRIMBLE COUNTIES...
AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SULPHUR...OR ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CAMPBELLSBURG BY 805 PM EDT...
PORT ROYAL BY 815 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR
OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3843 8529 3855 8536 3864 8524 3860 8520
3861 8509 3859 8505 3854 8501 3853 8502
3849 8497 3847 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 241DEG 26KT 3849 8523
$$
JSD000
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
$$
JSDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 21 min |
| Oct 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Oct 18, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 23 min |
| Oct 18, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 38 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.