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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Louisville, KY

June 22, 2011Henry County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 9:11 PM EDT for Henry County, Shelby 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
Jun 22, 2011, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Henry County, KY, Shelby County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 517 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

115 
WFUS53 KLMK 230111
TORLMK
KYC103-211-230145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0101.110623T0111Z-110623T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

* AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHESTNUT GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  EMINENCE...
  BELLVIEW AND PLEASUREVILLE...
  NORTH PLEASUREVILLE AND ELMBURG...
  BETHLEHEM AND DEFOE...

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 MOBILE HOME...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 3828 8504 3825 8532 3831 8534 3833 8531
      3848 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 246DEG 22KT 3830 8527

$$

RS
1 follow-up statement
938 
WWUS53 KLMK 230144
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
944 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

KYC103-211-230153-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110623T0145Z/
HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-
944 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN HENRY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER 
SEVERE. HOWEVER NEW STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. THESE 
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS 
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER TORNADO IN THE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR 
UPDATES.

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 3828 8523 3836 8524 3848 8508 3828 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 246DEG 22KT 3838 8504

$$

RS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson27 min
Jun 22, 8:25 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham20 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson32 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby32 min
Jun 22, 9:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson14 min
Jun 22, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby32 min
Jun 22, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson29 min
Jun 22, 9:39 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade36 min
Jun 22, 9:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby3 hr
Jun 22, 9:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKShelby33 min
Jun 22, 9:50 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Shelby25 min
Jun 22, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade24 min
Jun 22, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby34 min
Jun 22, 10:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby3 hr
Jun 22, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt28 min
Jun 23, 3:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Oldham25 min
Jun 23, 3:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby26 min
Jun 23, 3:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt29 min
Jun 23, 12:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Woodford24 min
Jun 23, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette36 min
Jun 23, 1:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette35 min
Jun 23, 1:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Clark20 min
Jun 23, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette21 min
Jun 23, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMercer32 min
Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Madison34 min
Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison29 min
Jun 23, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln32 min
Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKRussell21 min
Jun 23, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison22 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.