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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY

October 18, 2007Hancock County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 8:31 PM CDT for Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hancock County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1487 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1487 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
10.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 190132
TORLMK
KYC091-190200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0024.071019T0131Z-071019T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

* AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF HAWESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HAWESVILLE BY 900 PM CDT...

THE PADUCAH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS 
REPORTS OF DAMAGE NEAR OWENSBORO. THIS IS THE SAME STORM HEADED 
TOWARD HANCOCK COUNTY. 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 3781 8685 3783 8693 3789 8693 3788 8697
      3793 8699 3799 8686 3789 8674 3789 8672
      3779 8669 3775 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 239DEG 24KT 3783 8700

$$

AL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190147
SVSLMK

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

KYC091-190200-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-071019T0200Z/
HANCOCK KY-
846 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR HANCOCK
COUNTY...

AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY.  THIS 
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWISPORT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST 
OF ROCKPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HAWESVILLE AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUKES BY 855 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 3781 8685 3783 8693 3789 8693 3788 8697
      3793 8699 3799 8686 3789 8674 3789 8672
      3779 8669 3775 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 239DEG 24KT 3789 8684

$$

AL
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190200
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1000 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

KYC091-190210-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-071019T0200Z/
HANCOCK KY-
900 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HANCOCK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 900 PM CDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA AND HAVE WEAKENED...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3781 8685 3783 8693 3789 8693 3788 8697
      3793 8699 3799 8686 3789 8674 3789 8672
      3779 8669 3775 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 239DEG 24KT 3789 8683

$$

AL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMeade34 min
Oct 18, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock33 min
Oct 18, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOhio29 min
Oct 18, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Ohio32 min
Oct 18, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham21 min
Oct 18, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble29 min
Oct 18, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade31 min
Oct 18, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade23 min
Oct 18, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Ohio27 min
Oct 18, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Ohio39 min
Oct 18, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson28 min
Oct 18, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan37 min
Oct 18, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKButler30 min
Oct 18, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Simpson, Warren40 min
Oct 18, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson38 min
Oct 18, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer32 min
Oct 18, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Warren28 min
Oct 18, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby23 min
Oct 18, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Taylor24 min
Oct 19, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor, Washington28 min
Oct 19, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe, Monroe20 min
Oct 19, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington28 min
Oct 19, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott35 min
Oct 19, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more31 min
Oct 19, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Nicholas31 min
Oct 19, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison13 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.