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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

June 5, 2007Franklin County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2007, 4:17 PM EDT for Franklin County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 5, 2007, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, KY, Shelby County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 5, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 052017
TORLMK
KYC073-211-052045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0008.070605T2017Z-070605T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
417 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

* AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PEYTONA...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT BY 435 PM EDT...

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3827 8508 3814 8511 3812 8492 3825 8486

$$

JSD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 052037
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
437 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

KYC073-211-052047-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070605T2045Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SHELBY KY-
437 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 445 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3827 8508 3814 8511 3812 8492 3825 8486

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby26 min
Jun 5, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson32 min
Jun 5, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon28 min
Jun 5, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford26 min
Jun 5, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette28 min
Jun 5, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln24 min
Jun 5, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby24 min
Jun 5, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade36 min
Jun 5, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby35 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Woodford45 min
Jun 5, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine42 min
Jun 5, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison47 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Taylor32 min

Nearby

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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.