Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011

Tornado Warning 119, NWS Louisville, KY

September 26, 2011Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2011, 6:33 AM EDT for Casey County, Lincoln 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 26, 2011, 6:33 AM EDT (10:33 UTC)
Expired: Sep 26, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

108 
WFUS53 KLMK 261033
TORLMK
KYC045-137-261100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0119.110926T1033Z-110926T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
633 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT...

* AT 630 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEMENTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LIBERTY...
  BEECH BOTTOM AND LANHAMTOWN...
  ELLISBURG AND MIDDLEBURG...
  HUSTONVILLE AND MCKINNEY...

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...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3731 8516 3753 8493 3753 8491 3742 8463
      3722 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 224DEG 42KT 3729 8505

$$

AL

2 follow-up statements

668 
WWUS53 KLMK 261047
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
647 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

KYC045-137-261100-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0119.000000T0000Z-110926T1100Z/
LINCOLN KY-CASEY KY-
647 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR CASEY AND
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 644 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR BEECH BOTTOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LIBERTY...
  HUSTONVILLE AND MCKINNEY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS IMMINENT 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...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3731 8516 3753 8493 3753 8491 3742 8463
      3722 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 224DEG 42KT 3741 8490

$$

AL

555 
WWUS53 KLMK 261059
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
659 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

KYC045-137-261108-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0119.000000T0000Z-110926T1100Z/
LINCOLN KY-CASEY KY-
659 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CASEY AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 AM EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
APPEARS TORNADIC. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE 
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS 
LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS.

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. 
OR CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3731 8516 3753 8493 3753 8491 3742 8463
      3722 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1058Z 224DEG 42KT 3750 8478

$$

AL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 25, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan, Ohio	46 min
Sep 25, 10:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	33 min
Sep 25, 10:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	18 min
Sep 25, 10:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson	23 min
Sep 25, 11:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson	27 min
Sep 25, 11:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson	19 min
Sep 26, 12:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham	51 min
Sep 26, 1:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	118 min
Sep 26, 1:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	28 min
Sep 26, 1:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Meade	24 min
Sep 26, 2:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Meade, Oldham	5 hr
Sep 26, 6:18 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	27 min
Sep 26, 7:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	23 min
Sep 26, 7:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	21 min
Sep 26, 7:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	43 min
Sep 26, 7:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	42 min
Sep 26, 8:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark	13 min
Sep 26, 8:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Madison	32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2011 Every tornado warning in 2011 Tornadoes in 2011

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.