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Tornado Warning 115, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2011, 9:37 PM CDT for Butler County, Edmonson County, Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
609
WFUS53 KLMK 260237
TORLMK
KYC031-061-085-260300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0115.110926T0237Z-110926T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
937 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
* AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF MONFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LOVE AND JETSON...
LEE AND DECKER...
SHREWSBURY AND WINDYVILLE...
SADLER AND MILLWOOD...
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 VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
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 3750 8642 3732 8619 3718 8648 3719 8650
3718 8653 3718 8656 3718 8657 3718 8659
3729 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 228DEG 42KT 3720 8662
$$
AL1 follow-up statement
736
WWUS53 KLMK 260305
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1005 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
KYC031-061-085-260314-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0115.000000T0000Z-110926T0300Z/
BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-GRAYSON KY-
1005 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRAYSON...NORTHWESTERN EDMONSON
AND NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
HOWEVER A NEW TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GRAYSON COUNTY UNTIL
1030 PM CDT. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3750 8642 3732 8619 3718 8648 3719 8650
3718 8653 3718 8656 3718 8657 3718 8659
3729 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 228DEG 42KT 3720 8662
$$
ALThe 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, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 18 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.