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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2007Green County, Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 6:18 PM CDT for Green County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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: Apr 3, 2007, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Green County, KY, Hart County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 6:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Allendale, KY	SEVERAL TREES DOWN
Apr 3, 6:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hammonville, KY	WINDOWS BLOWN OUT

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
Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 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 032318
TORLMK
KYC087-099-032345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0005.070403T2318Z-070403T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
618 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  HAMMONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CREAL BY 625 PM CDT...
  ALLENDALE BY 630 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3743 8585 3741 8568 3746 8564 3746 8560
      3742 8559 3735 8550 3733 8569 3731 8576
      3731 8583 3730 8584

$$

AL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 032325
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
725 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC087-099-032345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070403T2345Z/
GREEN KY-HART KY-
625 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HART AND NORTHWESTERN GREEN COUNTIES...

AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CREAL...OR ABOUT
50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CREAL AND ALLENDALE BY 630 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3743 8585 3741 8568 3746 8564 3746 8560
      3742 8559 3735 8550 3733 8569 3731 8576
      3731 8583 3730 8584

$$

JARVIS

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 032339
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
740 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC087-099-032350-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070403T2345Z/
GREEN KY-HART KY-
640 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HART AND NORTHWESTERN GREEN
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3743 8585 3741 8568 3746 8564 3746 8560
      3742 8559 3735 8550 3733 8569 3731 8576
      3731 8583 3730 8584

$$

JARVIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	31 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble	44 min
Apr 3, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	46 min
Apr 3, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	49 min
Apr 3, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	46 min
Apr 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Shelby	35 min
Apr 3, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson, Spencer	37 min
Apr 3, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	45 min
Apr 3, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin	28 min
Apr 3, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson	36 min
Apr 3, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	33 min
Apr 3, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	44 min
Apr 3, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	40 min
Apr 3, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Woodford	35 min
Apr 3, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Mercer	29 min
Apr 3, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	31 min
Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	37 min
Apr 3, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine	36 min
Apr 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	29 min
Apr 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Taylor	29 min
Apr 3, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	38 min
Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	50 min
Apr 3, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart	48 min
Apr 3, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln	46 min
Apr 3, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Taylor	28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.