Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 6:52 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 611 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 678 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLMK 182352
TORLMK
KYC027-091-190030-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0018.071018T2352Z-071019T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
652 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF
HARDINSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HARDINSBURG BY 720 PM CDT...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3770 8676 3774 8685 3776 8684 3782 8685
3786 8667 3784 8667 3786 8661 3789 8661
3799 8642 3783 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 253DEG 35KT 3776 8683
$$
JARVIS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLMK 190021
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
819 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
KYC091-190029-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071019T0030Z/
HANCOCK KY-
719 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3773 8665 3782 8666 3786 8661 3789 8661
3793 8652 3794 8652 3799 8642 3783 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 253DEG 35KT 3784 8651
$$
KYC027-190030-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071019T0030Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-
719 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY...
AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DODD...IN PERRY
COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
UNION STAR BY 725 PM CDT...
WEBSTER AND IRVINGTON BY 730 PM CDT...
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 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3773 8665 3782 8666 3786 8661 3789 8661
3793 8652 3794 8652 3799 8642 3783 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 253DEG 35KT 3784 8651
$$
JSD000
WWUS53 KLMK 190033
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
833 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
KYC027-190043-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071019T0030Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-
733 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY EXPIRES AT
730 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3775 8666 3776 8664 3782 8666 3786 8661
3789 8661 3792 8654 3794 8652 3799 8642
3783 8621 3773 8661
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 253DEG 35KT 3785 8649
$$
JSDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 21 min |
| Oct 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Oct 18, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 31 min |
| Oct 18, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 23 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.