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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Louisville, KY

October 18, 2007Butler County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT for Butler County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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: Oct 18, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Butler County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 18, 10:18 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Logansport, KY

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
Oct 18, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Oct 18, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 190316
TORLMK
KYC031-190345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0032.071019T0315Z-071019T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1015 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

* AT 1011 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES  
  TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO   
  NEAR MORGANTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WELCHS CREEK BY 1030 PM CDT...

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 FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3714 8678 3726 8686 3727 8685 3731 8677
      3731 8675 3740 8661 3736 8650 3728 8645
      3725 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 240DEG 39KT 3726 8672

$$

AL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190327
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1126 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

KYC031-190345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-071019T0345Z/
BUTLER KY-
1026 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...

AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ABERDEEN...OR
ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY AT 1040 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.

TORNADOES ARE HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE PROPER SHELTER IF YOU 
RESIDE IN EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IMMEDIATELY A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS 
IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3729 8679 3731 8677 3731 8675 3740 8661
      3736 8650 3728 8645 3725 8646 3718 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 243DEG 38KT 3729 8659

$$

AL

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190346
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1145 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

KYC031-190355-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-071019T0345Z/
BUTLER KY-
1045 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1045
PM CDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REPORT ANY 
INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3729 8679 3731 8677 3731 8675 3740 8661
      3736 8650 3728 8645 3725 8646 3718 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 243DEG 38KT 3738 8636

$$

AL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	34 min
Oct 18, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	33 min
Oct 18, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock	29 min
Oct 18, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Ohio	29 min
Oct 18, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	32 min
Oct 18, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	21 min
Oct 18, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	29 min
Oct 18, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	31 min
Oct 18, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	23 min
Oct 18, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	27 min
Oct 18, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	39 min
Oct 18, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	28 min
Oct 18, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	37 min
Oct 18, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	40 min
Oct 18, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	38 min
Oct 18, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	32 min
Oct 18, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Warren	28 min
Oct 18, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby	23 min
Oct 18, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor	24 min
Oct 19, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor, Washington	28 min
Oct 19, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe	20 min
Oct 19, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	28 min
Oct 19, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott	35 min
Oct 19, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more	31 min
Oct 19, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas	31 min
Oct 19, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	13 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.