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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

February 6, 2008Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana; Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 12:07 AM EST for Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana; Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 min. 6 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
Feb 6, 2008, 12:07 AM EST (05:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2008, 12:30 AM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 6, 12:13 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 60Pleasure Ridge Park, KYAT TERRY AND GREENWOOD ROAD. SPOTTER REPORTED DEBRIS HITTING THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
Feb 6, 12:19 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGLouisville, KYPOWER LINES WERE DOWNED AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS.
Feb 6, 12:20 AM ESTHAIL 1New Albany, INQUARTER SIZE HAIL AT EXIT 120 ON INTERSTATE 64.
Feb 6, 12:22 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGJeffersonville, INROOF DAMAGE TO THE QUARTERMASTER STATION ON TENTH STREET
Feb 6, 12:24 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGJeffersonville, INROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES IN THE CHERRY HILL AREA AS WELL AS SEVERAL TREES DOWN
Feb 6, 12:29 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 69St. Matthews, KYTREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN.

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
Feb 5, 8:08 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 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
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 060509
TORLMK
INC019-043-KYC111-060530-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0021.080206T0507Z-080206T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1207 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE...
  SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EST...

* AT 1206 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VALLEY STATION...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VALLEY STATION AND PLEASURE RIDGE PARK BY 1215 AM EST...
  FAIRDALE AND OKOLONA BY 1220 AM EST...
  FERN CREEK...OKOLONA...HIGHVIEW AND JEFFERSONTOWN BY 1225 AM EST...
  MIDDLETOWN BY 1225 AM EST...

THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR A TORNADO WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 
HALF OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INCLUDING PLEASURE RIDGE PARK AND OKOLONA. 
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AND 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS 
THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3812 8545 3808 8569 3808 8574 3806 8579
      3803 8593 3809 8591 3817 8591 3838 8580
      3843 8564 3837 8562 3827 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 250DEG 53KT 3806 8595

$$
TWF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison25 min
Feb 5, 10:04 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange6 hr
Feb 5, 10:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois39 min
Feb 5, 10:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison28 min
Feb 5, 10:32 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry28 min
Feb 5, 10:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Perry6 hr
Feb 5, 10:38 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKOrange37 min
Feb 5, 10:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott29 min
Feb 5, 10:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry25 min
Feb 5, 10:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange35 min
Feb 5, 11:13 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Perry32 min
Feb 5, 11:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison, Washington6 hr
Feb 5, 11:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison31 min
Feb 5, 11:33 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington27 min
Feb 5, 11:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison25 min
Feb 5, 11:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott6 hr
Feb 5, 11:54 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHarrison21 min
Feb 5, 11:57 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Scott, Washington33 min
Feb 6, 12:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson45 min
Feb 6, 7:21 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHarrison, Washington13 hr
Feb 5, 8:48 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKButler, Ohio42 min
Feb 5, 9:25 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Ohio35 min
Feb 5, 11:21 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Monroe39 min
Feb 5, 11:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Grayson, Ohio27 min
Feb 5, 11:52 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell38 min
Feb 6, 12:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade29 min
Feb 6, 12:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson32 min
Feb 6, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin30 min
Feb 6, 12:26 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Russell34 min
Feb 6, 12:27 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Spencer33 min
Feb 6, 12:31 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham, Trimble6 hr
Feb 6, 12:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer27 min
Feb 6, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren50 min
Feb 6, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor35 min
Feb 6, 12:45 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor30 min
Feb 6, 12:46 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Garrard, Lincoln29 min
Feb 6, 12:51 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Marion, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington39 min
Feb 6, 12:59 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford31 min
Feb 6, 1:08 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington, Woodford37 min
Feb 6, 1:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor26 min
Feb 6, 1:21 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine and 5 more24 min
Feb 6, 1:25 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKLogan, Simpson35 min
Feb 6, 1:30 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln30 min
Feb 6, 1:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas27 min
Feb 6, 1:36 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Madison24 min
Feb 6, 1:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Warren20 min
Feb 6, 1:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison28 min
Feb 6, 1:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren7 min
Feb 6, 2:37 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Monroe23 min
Feb 6, 3:00 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe, Monroe45 min
Feb 6, 3:31 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Russell29 min
Feb 6, 3:57 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Russell33 min
Feb 6, 4:11 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair23 min
Feb 6, 8:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKBourbon25 hr
Feb 6, 11:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKNicholas, Robertson22 hr
Feb 6, 11:36 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKOhio30 hr
Feb 6, 12:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKEdmonson57 hr
Feb 6, 12:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren3 days
Feb 6, 12:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio4 days
Feb 6, 12:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson57 hr
Feb 6, 1:05 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Clinton and 12 more3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.