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Tornado Warning 102, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 9:13 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 53 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.
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040 WFUS53 KLMK 230113 TORLMK KYC111-185-211-230145- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0102.110623T0113Z-110623T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 913 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 945 PM EDT... * AT 907 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LYNDON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... LYNDON... ANCHORAGE... MIDDLETOWN... PEWEE VALLEY... FLOYDSBURG AND CRESTWOOD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3835 8539 3822 8536 3823 8563 3829 8564 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 262DEG 20KT 3827 8554 $$ RS
1 follow-up statement
918 WWUS53 KLMK 230128 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 928 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 KYC111-185-211-230145- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0102.000000T0000Z-110623T0145Z/ OLDHAM KY-JEFFERSON KY-SHELBY KY- 928 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR WESTERN SHELBY...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN OLDHAM COUNTIES... AT 927 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLOYDSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TRAINED SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE FLOYDSBURG AREA. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHERN OLDHAM AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3823 8552 3830 8553 3835 8539 3822 8536 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 262DEG 20KT 3828 8543 $$ 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, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 14 min |
| Jun 22, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 34 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.