Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 31, 2009, 12:41 AM CDT for Green County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 31, 2009, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2009, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Green County, KY, Hart County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLMK 310541 TORLMK KYC087-099-310615- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0039.090731T0541Z-090731T0615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1241 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... EASTERN HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 115 AM CDT... * AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HARDYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CANMER AND MONROE AROUND 1250 AM CDT... LINWOOD AROUND 100 AM CDT... SUMMERSVILLE AROUND 110 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE. && LAT...LON 3741 8577 3735 8558 3717 8574 3721 8589 TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 214DEG 20KT 3721 8580 $$ AL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLMK 310555 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1255 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009 KYC087-099-310615- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090731T0615Z/ GREEN KY-HART KY- 1255 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR EASTERN HART AND WESTERN GREEN COUNTIES... AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CANMER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LINWOOD AROUND 100 AM CDT... SUMMERSVILLE AROUND 105 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. && LAT...LON 3741 8577 3735 8558 3721 8571 3726 8580 TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 214DEG 23KT 3729 8572 $$ AL
000 WWUS53 KLMK 310617 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 117 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009 KYC087-099-310626- /O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090731T0615Z/ GREEN KY-HART KY- 117 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HART AND WESTERN GREEN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. HOWEVER THIS STRONG STORM REMAINS ACROSS NORTHERN GREEN COUNTY...AND COULD STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU RECEIVED WIND DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST HART COUNTY NEAR HARDYVILLE...PLEASE REPORT THIS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAT...LON 3741 8577 3735 8558 3721 8571 3726 8580 TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 214DEG 23KT 3729 8572 $$ AL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Warren | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 1:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 15 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.