Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 116, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2011, 10:03 PM CDT for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Grayson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
434
WFUS53 KLMK 260303
TORLMK
KYC085-260330-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0116.110926T0303Z-110926T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1003 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
* AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHREWSBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LEITCHFIELD...
GRAYSON SPRINGS AND PEONIA...
WEST CLIFTY AND CLARKSON...
BIG CLIFTY...
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 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 8623 3758 8621 3756 8619 3757 8617
3756 8614 3746 8607 3732 8630 3733 8641
3742 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 231DEG 48KT 3741 8635
$$
JSD1 follow-up statement
699
WWUS53 KLMK 260313
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1013 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
KYC085-260330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0116.000000T0000Z-110926T0330Z/
GRAYSON KY-
1013 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
GRAYSON COUNTY...
AT 1011 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR GRAYSON SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LEITCHFIELD...
BIG CLIFTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3758 8623 3758 8621 3756 8619 3757 8617
3756 8614 3746 8607 3737 8622 3751 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 231DEG 48KT 3749 8622
$$
JSDThe 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, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 23 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.