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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Louisville, KY

April 15, 2011Marion County, Washington County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 11:13 PM EDT for Marion County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 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: Apr 15, 2011, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2011, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Marion County, KY, Washington County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 471 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

040 
WFUS53 KLMK 160313
TORLMK
KYC155-229-160330-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0026.110416T0313Z-110416T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1113 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...

* AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIMSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SPRINGFIELD...
  TEXAS AND THOMPSONVILLE...
  MACKVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...STRONG
ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON
THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. MOVE INDOORS TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

TAKE COVER NOW. TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 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 DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...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 3756 8519 3763 8529 3783 8510 3767 8503
      3766 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 224DEG 34KT 3765 8517

$$

RS

2 follow-up statements

168 
WWUS53 KLMK 160323
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1123 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

KYC155-160333-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110416T0330Z/
MARION KY-
1123 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...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 3766 8504 3763 8514 3763 8516 3767 8524
      3783 8510 3768 8503 3767 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 216DEG 28KT 3771 8513

$$

KYC229-160330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110416T0330Z/
WASHINGTON KY-
1123 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 1121 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR THOMPSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  MACKVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. MOVE TO AN 
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID 
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE 
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...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 3766 8504 3763 8514 3763 8516 3767 8524
      3783 8510 3768 8503 3767 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 216DEG 28KT 3771 8513

$$

RS

571 
WWUS53 KLMK 160330 RRA
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1130 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

KYC229-160340-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110416T0330Z/
WASHINGTON KY-
1130 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...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 3766 8504 3763 8514 3763 8516 3767 8524
      3783 8510 3768 8503 3767 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 216DEG 28KT 3771 8513

$$

RS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	26 min
Apr 15, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	28 min
Apr 15, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe	36 min
Apr 15, 10:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Ohio	24 min
Apr 15, 10:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor	36 min
Apr 15, 10:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green, Marion, Taylor	16 min
Apr 15, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor, Washington	32 min
Apr 15, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Hancock, Ohio	29 min
Apr 15, 10:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	26 min
Apr 15, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	30 min
Apr 15, 11:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	22 min
Apr 15, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock	30 min
Apr 15, 11:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	24 min
Apr 15, 11:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	24 min
Apr 15, 11:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Taylor	23 min
Apr 15, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Mercer, Washington	31 min
Apr 15, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	28 min
Apr 15, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle	25 min
Apr 16, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	22 min
Apr 16, 12:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	21 hr
Apr 16, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine	30 min
Apr 16, 12:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	24 min
Apr 16, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	35 min
Apr 16, 1:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine	3 hr
Apr 16, 1:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	29 min
Apr 16, 1:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington	22 min
Apr 16, 2:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Henry	30 min
Apr 16, 2:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Scott	34 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.