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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

April 5, 2009Allen County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2009, 7:39 PM CDT for Allen County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 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: Apr 5, 2009, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2009, 7:55 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 5, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 499 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 367 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 060039
TORLMK
KYC003-171-060115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0021.090406T0039Z-090406T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
739 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

* AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FOREST
  SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLAND AROUND 745 PM CDT...
  FOUNTAIN RUN AROUND 755 PM CDT...
  AKERSVILLE AROUND 800 PM CDT...
  FLIPPIN AROUND 805 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3664 8617 3664 8620 3674 8618 3673 8583
      3663 8583 3663 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 267DEG 25KT 3665 8611

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 060047
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
847 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009

KYC003-171-060115-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090406T0115Z/
ALLEN KY-MONROE KY-
747 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTIES...

AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
AKERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 31 MILES WEST OF CELINA...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FOUNTAIN RUN AROUND 755 PM CDT...
  AKERSVILLE AROUND 800 PM CDT...
  FLIPPIN AROUND 805 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3664 8602 3674 8603 3674 8595 3673 8583
      3663 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 267DEG 25KT 3665 8604

$$

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 060055
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
855 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009

KYC003-171-060105-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090406T0115Z/
ALLEN KY-MONROE KY-
755 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT WAS INDICATING A TORNADO ON RADAR HAS WEAKENED. THUS 
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3664 8602 3674 8603 3674 8595 3673 8583
      3663 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 267DEG 25KT 3665 8597

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Green, Hart, Larue and 4 more	32 min
Apr 5, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Shelby, Spencer	16 min
Apr 5, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer	33 min
Apr 5, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Metcalfe and 3 more	25 min
Apr 5, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine	24 min
Apr 5, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	36 min
Apr 5, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette	34 min
Apr 5, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	20 min
Apr 5, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Russell	30 min
Apr 5, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	16 min
Apr 5, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Madison	28 min
Apr 5, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	32 min
Apr 5, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	31 min
Apr 6, 2:53 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	35 hr
Apr 6, 2:53 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.