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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 12:17 PM CDT for Butler County, Grayson County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 13 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2011, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Ohio County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Welchs Creek, KY | AN NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE BUTLER AND GRAYSON COUNTY BORDER IN A FIELD IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF DOGCREEK ROAD. THE TORNADO TRAVELLED EAST ACROSS RT 79 AND DISSIPATED CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF DELMAR LINDSEY LANE AND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 507 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
677 WFUS53 KLMK 041717 TORLMK KYC031-085-183-041730- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0015.110404T1717Z-110404T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1217 PM CDT MON APR 4 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 1230 PM CDT... * AT 1215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRENTISS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... WHITE RUN AND JUGVILLE... DO STOP... 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 OR FLOODING 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 3748 8658 3738 8651 3727 8684 3737 8691 TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 241DEG 54KT 3736 8680 $$ TWF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:04 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Ohio | 19 min |
| Apr 4, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 22 min |
| Apr 4, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Hancock, Logan, Ohio | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Meade | 22 min |
| Apr 4, 12:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 12:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Logan, Meade and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 12:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson and 1 more | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 1:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart, Jefferson, Warren | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and 2 more | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Mercer, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Green | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Madison | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Russell | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 3:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Larue, Marion, Mercer, Nelson and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.