Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 5:55 AM CST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 9 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 5:55 AM CST (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 6:04 AM CST
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adair County, KY, Barren County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 28, 1:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
487 WFUS53 KLMK 281155 TORLMK KYC001-009-087-099-169-281230- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0010.110228T1155Z-110228T1230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 555 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN METCALFE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 630 AM CST... * AT 551 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BECKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... GREENSBURG... GLASGOW... EDMONTON... CORAL HILL AND LECTA... SAVOYARD AND HALFWAY... CENTER AND KNOB LICK... NODE AND LILETOWN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. MOVE INDOORS TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. TAKE COVER NOW. 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. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3741 8559 3703 8536 3688 8600 3704 8611 TIME...MOT...LOC 1155Z 241DEG 50KT 3702 8593 $$ CALLAHAN
1 follow-up statement
013 WWUS53 KLMK 281204 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 604 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 KYC001-009-087-099-169-281214- /O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T1230Z/ GREEN KY-HART KY-ADAIR KY-METCALFE KY-BARREN KY- 604 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BARREN...NORTHERN METCALFE... WESTERN ADAIR...SOUTHEASTERN HART AND GREEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3741 8559 3703 8536 3688 8600 3704 8611 TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 241DEG 50KT 3708 8579 $$ BJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 3:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 3:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 3:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Spencer | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 3:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 3:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin, Ohio | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 3:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 4:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 4:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 4:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 53 min |
| Feb 28, 4:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 5:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer and 2 more | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 5:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Boyle, Casey, Edmonson, Green, Hart and 4 more | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 5:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Madison | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 5:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart and 4 more | 22 min |
| Feb 28, 5:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 5:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 5:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 6:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Russell, Taylor | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 6:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green and 6 more | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 6:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 6:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.