Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 10:58 PM EST for Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 min. 2 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 24, 2011, 10:58 PM EST (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Larue County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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 24, 11:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Magnolia, KY | BARN ROOF DAMAGE NEAR CHARLIE RAGLAND ROAD AND US 31E |
| Feb 24, 11:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Magnolia, KY | BARN ROOF DAMAGE ON PARKERS GROVE 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 24, 8:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 538 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 629 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029
WFUS53 KLMK 250358
TORLMK
KYC123-250415-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0001.110225T0358Z-110225T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1058 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EST...
* AT 1057 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TANNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
HODGENVILLE...
LEAFDALE AND JERICHO...
GINSENG...
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.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3743 8585 3754 8588 3772 8567 3762 8561
3756 8561 3755 8563 3753 8559 3754 8556
3748 8553 3746 8559 3747 8564 3744 8567
3742 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 243DEG 42KT 3751 8575
$$
AL1 follow-up statement
807
WWUS53 KLMK 250416
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1116 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011
KYC123-250426-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110225T0415Z/
LARUE KY-
1116 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LARUE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEAR TORNADIC. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6
7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3743 8585 3754 8588 3772 8567 3762 8561
3756 8561 3755 8563 3753 8559 3754 8556
3748 8553 3746 8559 3747 8564 3744 8567
3742 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 243DEG 42KT 3751 8575
$$
ALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 8 days |
| Feb 24, 8:32 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Logan and 3 more | 118 min |
| Feb 24, 8:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Logan, Ohio | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 9:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 9:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Warren | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 10:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 10:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 10:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 33 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 10:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 10:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Hancock and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 10:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 10:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 11:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor, Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 11:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 11:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hart and 2 more | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 11:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 11:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Green, Marion, Mercer, Taylor, Washington and 1 more | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 11:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe and 3 more | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 11:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 27 min |
| Feb 25, 12:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 35 min |
| Feb 25, 12:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more | 29 min |
| Feb 25, 12:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 51 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Madison | 31 min |
| Feb 25, 1:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 29 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:05 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:13 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Nicholas, Robertson | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 3 days |
| Feb 25, 11:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 17 days |
| Feb 25, 11:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hart | 33 hr |
| Feb 25, 11:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 58 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.