Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 111, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2011, 9:39 PM CDT for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 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 27, 2011, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Grayson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
721 WFUS53 KLMK 280239 TORLMK KYC085-280300- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0111.110628T0239Z-110628T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 939 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... * AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK ROCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... SOUTH SIDE OF LEITCHFIELD GRAYSON SPRINGS... PEONIA AND MEREDITH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 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 3747 8616 3736 8624 3744 8638 3752 8634 TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 295DEG 16KT 3745 8631 $$ SCHOETTMER
2 follow-up statements
728 WWUS53 KLMK 280250 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 950 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 KYC085-280300- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-110628T0300Z/ GRAYSON KY- 950 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY... AT 945 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH PERSISTENT ROTATION. GRAYSON COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTHEAST OF LEITCHFIELD. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAYSON SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... MEREDITH AND GRAYSON SPRINGS... PEONIA AND HUFFMAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3747 8616 3736 8624 3743 8633 3747 8632 TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 297DEG 14KT 3743 8626 $$ SCHOETTMER
270 WWUS53 KLMK 280258 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 958 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 KYC085-280308- /O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-110628T0300Z/ GRAYSON KY- 958 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT... 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 TORNADOES OR 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 3747 8616 3736 8624 3743 8633 3747 8632 TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 297DEG 14KT 3742 8622 $$ SCHOETTMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 18 min |
| Jun 27, 10:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Hart | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Warren | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson, Warren | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 2:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 3:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio, Warren | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.