Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 117, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2011, 10:26 PM CDT for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 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, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Grayson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
602
WFUS53 KLMK 260326
TORLMK
KYC085-260345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0117.110926T0326Z-110926T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1026 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 1045 PM CDT...
* AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANEYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LEITCHFIELD...
COBBLERS KNOB AND DUFF...
EVELEIGH AND TAR HILL...
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.
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 3762 8650 3760 8647 3759 8647 3759 8644
3758 8644 3758 8642 3757 8641 3758 8639
3756 8635 3759 8635 3759 8632 3755 8612
3735 8645 3744 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 222DEG 49KT 3746 8648
$$
AL2 follow-up statements
218
WWUS53 KLMK 260337
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1037 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
KYC085-260345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0117.000000T0000Z-110926T0345Z/
GRAYSON KY-
1037 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR GRAYSON
COUNTY...
AT 1034 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GRAYSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3762 8650 3760 8647 3759 8647 3759 8644
3758 8644 3758 8642 3757 8641 3758 8639
3756 8635 3759 8635 3759 8632 3755 8612
3735 8645 3744 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 220DEG 45KT 3756 8638
$$
AL062
WWUS53 KLMK 260346
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1046 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
KYC085-260355-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0117.000000T0000Z-110926T0345Z/
GRAYSON KY-
1046 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRAYSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
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 3762 8650 3760 8647 3759 8647 3759 8644
3758 8644 3758 8642 3757 8641 3758 8639
3756 8635 3759 8635 3759 8632 3755 8612
3735 8645 3744 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 220DEG 45KT 3764 8630
$$
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, 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, 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.