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Tornado Warning 100, NWS Louisville, KY

June 22, 2011Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 9:01 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 14 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: Jun 22, 2011, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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
Jun 22, 9:14 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Anchorage, KY	FUNNEL CLOUD WITH STRONG ROTATION ALOFT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

781 
WFUS53 KLMK 230101
TORLMK
KYC111-230115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0100.110623T0101Z-110623T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
901 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. MATTHEWS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ST. MATTHEWS...
  LYNDON...
  ANCHORAGE...
  MIDDLETOWN...
  LYNDON...
  ANCHORAGE AND MIDDLETOWN...

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 3822 8549 3821 8569 3828 8570 3833 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 257DEG 18KT 3826 8564

$$

RS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
Jun 22, 8:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	20 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	32 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	32 min
Jun 22, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry, Shelby	34 min
Jun 22, 9:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	32 min
Jun 22, 9:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	29 min
Jun 22, 9:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	36 min
Jun 22, 9:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 22, 9:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Shelby	33 min
Jun 22, 9:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby	25 min
Jun 22, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	24 min
Jun 22, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	34 min
Jun 22, 10:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 22, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	28 min
Jun 23, 3:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	25 min
Jun 23, 3:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	26 min
Jun 23, 3:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	29 min
Jun 23, 12:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson, Woodford	24 min
Jun 23, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette	36 min
Jun 23, 1:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette	35 min
Jun 23, 1:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	20 min
Jun 23, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette	21 min
Jun 23, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer	32 min
Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Madison	34 min
Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	29 min
Jun 23, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	32 min
Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	21 min
Jun 23, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	22 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.