Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 1:37 AM CST for Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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, 1:37 AM CST (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:40 AM CST | TORNADO 3 | 4 Ese Forest Springs, KY | *** 4 FATAL, 4 INJ *** THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 1/2 MILE NW OF HAYESVILLE, ABOUT 1/4 MILE N OF THE STATE LINE. IT MOVED NE AT 55 MPH, WIDENING TO ONE HALF MILE WIDE BY THE TIME IT HIT TRACY ROAD, WHERE IT DESTROYED 5 MOBILE HOMES, 3 SITE-BUILT HOMES, AND NUMER |
| Feb 6, 1:45 AM CST | TORNADO | 7 Sse Scottsville, KY | *** 4 FATAL *** |
| Feb 6, 2:04 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Holland, KY | TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED AND HOUSES WERE DESTROYED IN THE AMOS AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 11:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLMK 060738
TORLMK
KYC003-009-171-060800-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0033.080206T0737Z-080206T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
137 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 200 AM CST...
* AT 134 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FOREST SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOLLAND...MAYNARD AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF AKERSVILLE BY 145 AM
CST...
FOUNTAIN RUN AND TRACY BY 150 AM CST...
MT. HERMAN...TEMPLE HILL...FLIPPIN AND MUD LICK BY 155 AM CST...
EIGHTY EIGHT BY 200 AM CST...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...STRONG
ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON
THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. MOVE INDOORS TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
LAT...LON 3663 8613 3664 8631 3665 8631 3699 8576
3674 8574 3662 8596 3662 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 234DEG 59KT 3662 8617
$$
131 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLMK 060748
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
247 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
KYC003-009-171-060800-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080206T0800Z/
BARREN KY-ALLEN KY-MONROE KY-
147 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARREN
COUNTIES...
AT 144 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH
OF HOLLAND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TRACY AND FLIPPIN BY 155 AM CST...
MT. HERMAN...6 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE HILL AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MUD LICK BY 200 AM CST...
FOUNTAIN RUN IS DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM IF YOU
ARE IN FOUNTAIN RUN YOU SHOULD BE IN UNDERGROUND SHELTER NOW
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3665 8614 3670 8614 3699 8576 3689 8575
3688 8576 3674 8574 3663 8593 3664 8610
3663 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 232DEG 49KT 3669 8604
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 42 min |
| Feb 5, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 10:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 10:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Monroe | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 10:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 38 min |
| Feb 5, 10:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 21 min |
| Feb 5, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Feb 5, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 11:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 34 min |
| Feb 5, 11:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 33 min |
| Feb 5, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 11:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren | 50 min |
| Feb 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 11:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 11:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Marion, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 12:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington, Woodford | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 12:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine and 5 more | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 12:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 12:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 12:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 12:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 7 min |
| Feb 6, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 2:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 2:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln, Russell | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 7:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas, Robertson | 22 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 30 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:15 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 57 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:15 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 3 days |
| Feb 6, 11:15 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 4 days |
| Feb 6, 11:37 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 57 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:05 PM CST | High Wind Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Clinton and 12 more | 3 hr |
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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.