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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2007Casey County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 8:02 PM EDT for Casey County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2007, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Casey County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 8:23 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Clementsville, 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
Apr 3, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 1678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 10.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 040003
TORLMK
KYC045-040045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0007.070404T0002Z-070404T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

* AT 758 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 15
  MILES NORTHWEST OF LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  7 MILES NORTH OF LIBERTY BY 820 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.

LAT...LON 3754 8504 3745 8505 3738 8514 3731 8516
      3726 8507 3725 8491 3726 8473 3736 8474
      3743 8488 3754 8486

$$

DK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 040024
SVSLMK

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

KYC045-040045-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070404T0045Z/
CASEY KY-
823 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR CASEY
COUNTY...

AT 819 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKTOWN...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELLISBURG...LIBERTY...YOSEMITE AND MIDDLEBURG

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. RADAR 
INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL BE 60 TO 70 MPH JUST SOUTH OF THE 
SUSPECTED TORNADO.

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 3754 8504 3745 8505 3738 8514 3731 8516
      3726 8507 3725 8491 3726 8473 3736 8474
      3743 8488 3754 8486

$$

SCHOTT

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 040042
SVSLMK

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

KYC045-040053-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070404T0045Z/
CASEY KY-
843 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CASEY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM EDT...

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 3754 8504 3745 8505 3738 8514 3731 8516
      3726 8507 3725 8491 3726 8473 3736 8474
      3743 8488 3754 8486

$$

SCHOTT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Warren	40 min
Apr 3, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion	20 min
Apr 3, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	34 min
Apr 3, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Metcalfe	44 min
Apr 3, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell	57 min
Apr 3, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	24 min
Apr 4, 4:29 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	30 hr
Apr 4, 3:40 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	4 days

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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.