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Tornado Warning 114, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2011, 9:12 PM CDT for Butler County, Grayson County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 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
- Sep 25, 2011, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
308 WFUS53 KLMK 260212 RRA TORLMK KYC031-085-183-260230- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0114.110926T0212Z-110926T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 912 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT... * AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHULTZTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... ARNOLD AND BAIZETOWN... DOGWALK AND STEFF... DO STOP AND PINE KNOB... 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. 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 SEVERE WEATHER 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 3758 8651 3738 8633 3716 8686 3732 8696 TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 234DEG 39KT 3732 8677 $$ RS
1 follow-up statement
094 WWUS53 KLMK 260229 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 929 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 KYC031-085-183-260238- /O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110926T0230Z/ OHIO KY-BUTLER KY-GRAYSON KY- 929 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN GRAYSON...NORTHERN BUTLER AND SOUTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3758 8651 3738 8633 3716 8686 3732 8696 TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 234DEG 39KT 3742 8659 $$ RS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 33 min |
| Sep 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 23 min |
| Sep 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 27 min |
| Sep 25, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 19 min |
| Sep 25, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham | 51 min |
| Sep 26, 12:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 118 min |
| Sep 26, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Meade | 24 min |
| Sep 26, 1:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Meade, Oldham | 5 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 5:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 6:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 23 min |
| Sep 26, 6:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard | 21 min |
| Sep 26, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 42 min |
| Sep 26, 7:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 13 min |
| Sep 26, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Madison | 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.