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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2007Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 7:47 PM EDT for Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
Apr 3, 2007, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 7:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSaloma, KYTREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 032347
TORLMK
KYC217-040015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0006.070403T2347Z-070404T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

* AT 745 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMPBELLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMPBELLSVILLE BY 755 PM EDT...

TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

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 100 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3732 8545 3740 8551 3747 8551 3746 8536
      3741 8528 3744 8522 3744 8513 3741 8510
      3727 8523 3727 8528

$$

AL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 040014
SVSLMK

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

KYC217-040025-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070404T0015Z/
TAYLOR KY-
815 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY EXPIRED AT 815 PM EDT...

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

SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.
DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES. REPORT DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3732 8545 3740 8551 3747 8551 3746 8536
      3741 8528 3744 8522 3744 8513 3741 8510
      3727 8523 3727 8528

$$

SCHOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade31 min
Apr 3, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Trimble44 min
Apr 3, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson46 min
Apr 3, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin49 min
Apr 3, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin46 min
Apr 3, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby35 min
Apr 3, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Spencer37 min
Apr 3, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart45 min
Apr 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin28 min
Apr 3, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson36 min
Apr 3, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue33 min
Apr 3, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott44 min
Apr 3, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington40 min
Apr 3, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford35 min
Apr 3, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer29 min
Apr 3, 7:18 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart27 min
Apr 3, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette31 min
Apr 3, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison37 min
Apr 3, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine36 min
Apr 3, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue29 min
Apr 3, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor29 min
Apr 3, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas38 min
Apr 3, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison50 min
Apr 3, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart48 min
Apr 3, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Lincoln46 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.