Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 11, 2009, 2:54 PM EST for Casey County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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
- Feb 11, 2009, 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 3:14 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Casey County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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 11, 3:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Liberty, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TRAMPOLINE IN ROAD. |
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 11, 11:38 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 510 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLMK 111954
TORLMK
KYC045-112030-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0002.090211T1954Z-090211T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
254 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST...
* AT 251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BETHELRIDGE...ARGYLE...6 MILES SOUTH OF MIDDLEBURG AND 7 MILES
SOUTH OF YOSEMITE BY 305 PM EST...
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 600 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3727 8507 3744 8486 3728 8473 3727 8474
3725 8473 3712 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 257DEG 42KT 3723 8494
$$
MJ3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLMK 112000
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
KYC045-112030-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090211T2030Z/
CASEY KY-
300 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR CASEY
COUNTY...
AT 255 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIBERTY...OR ABOUT
22 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MIDDLEBURG...YOSEMITE AND BETHELRIDGE BY 305 PM EST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR
OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3727 8507 3744 8486 3728 8473 3727 8474
3725 8473 3712 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 254DEG 43KT 3729 8485
$$
MJ000
WWUS53 KLMK 112007
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
307 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
KYC045-112030-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090211T2030Z/
CASEY KY-
307 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR CASEY
COUNTY...
AT 305 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLEBURG...OR
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
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 600 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3727 8507 3744 8486 3728 8473 3727 8474
3725 8473 3712 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 254DEG 43KT 3733 8478
$$
MJ000
WWUS53 KLMK 112014
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
314 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
KYC045-112025-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090211T2030Z/
CASEY KY-
314 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CASEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 30 TO
60 MINUTES. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE
AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3727 8507 3744 8486 3728 8473 3727 8474
3725 8473 3712 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 254DEG 43KT 3735 8469
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 12:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 44 min |
| Feb 11, 12:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 35 min |
| Feb 11, 12:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 27 min |
| Feb 11, 1:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 32 min |
| Feb 11, 1:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 43 min |
| Feb 11, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 44 min |
| Feb 11, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 26 min |
| Feb 11, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 30 min |
| Feb 11, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Metcalfe | 35 min |
| Feb 11, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 30 min |
| Feb 11, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Feb 11, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 39 min |
| Feb 11, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe, Russell | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 42 min |
| Feb 11, 2:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion, Taylor | 28 min |
| Feb 11, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 41 min |
| Feb 11, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 31 min |
| Feb 11, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 29 min |
| Feb 11, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Woodford | 25 min |
| Feb 11, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Feb 11, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 31 min |
| Feb 11, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Feb 11, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison | 36 min |
| Feb 11, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Feb 11, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 18 min |
| Feb 11, 3:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Feb 11, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 29 min |
| Feb 11, 3:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 23 min |
| Feb 11, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 14 min |
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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.