Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 12:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 7 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
- Apr 11, 2008, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 12:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 12:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cumberland City, KY | HOMES DAMAGED AND BARNS DESTROYED |
| Apr 11, 12:39 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nnw Albany, KY | EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAX WIND OF 95 MPH |
| Apr 11, 12:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 S Burkesville, KY | TREES DOWN |
| Apr 11, 12:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 Nw Albany, KY | |
| Apr 11, 12:41 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Albany, KY | EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAX WIND OF 105 MPH |
| Apr 11, 12:44 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ne Albany, KY | EF-2 TORNADO WITH MAX WIND OF 115 MPH |
| Apr 11, 12:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Cumberland City, KY | EF-2 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 125 MPH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLMK 111723
TORLMK
KYC053-057-171-207-111800-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0041.080411T1723Z-080411T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1223 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
* AT 1221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BURKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTH OF ALBANY BY 1235 PM CDT...
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.
LAT...LON 3678 8555 3693 8498 3690 8499 3689 8502
3685 8506 3680 8501 3677 8501 3670 8502
3661 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 252DEG 64KT 3673 8539
$$
JA2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLMK 111746
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
143 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
KYC053-057-171-207-111800-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080411T1800Z/
RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-MONROE KY-
1243 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...CLINTON...SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN
RUSSELL COUNTIES...
AT 1238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST
OF CUMBERLAND CITY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF BYRDSTOWN...MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHWEST OF ALBANY IN CLINTON
COUNTY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR
OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH
COVERED THE SAME AREA AND EXPIRED AT 12:45 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3678 8555 3693 8498 3690 8499 3689 8502
3685 8506 3680 8501 3677 8501 3670 8502
3661 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 252DEG 64KT 3681 8507
$$
JA000
WWUS53 KLMK 111758
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
157 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
KYC053-057-171-207-111807-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080411T1800Z/
RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-MONROE KY-
1257 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...CLINTON...SOUTHERN
CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CLINTON COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3678 8555 3693 8498 3690 8499 3689 8502
3685 8506 3680 8501 3677 8501 3670 8502
3661 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 252DEG 64KT 3691 8467
$$
JAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 43 min |
| Apr 11, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 47 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 1:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 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.