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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 10:24 PM CDT for Adair County, Casey County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 10:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY, Taylor County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
642 WFUS53 KLMK 160324 TORLMK KYC001-045-217-160400- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0027.110416T0324Z-110416T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1124 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WESTERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT/... * AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLMES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... CASEY CREEK AND KNIFLEY... CLEMENTSVILLE AND FEATHERSBURG... ATTERSON AND CRESTON... PRICETOWN... 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...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. && LAT...LON 3743 8512 3729 8493 3717 8527 3723 8537 TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 233DEG 38KT 3722 8524 $$ AL
2 follow-up statements
430 WWUS53 KLMK 160338 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1138 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 KYC001-045-217-160400- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110416T0400Z/ CASEY KY-TAYLOR KY-ADAIR KY- 1138 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAIR...EASTERN TAYLOR AND WESTERN CASEY COUNTIES... AT 1035 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CASEY CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... FEATHERSBURG... BASS AND ATTERSON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU RECEIVE ANY WIND DAMAGE...PLEASE REPORT THIS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3741 8510 3729 8493 3720 8520 3726 8527 TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 229DEG 35KT 3730 8513 $$ AL
278 WWUS53 KLMK 160347 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1147 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 KYC001-045-217-160357- /O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110416T0400Z/ CASEY KY-TAYLOR KY-ADAIR KY- 1147 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAIR...EASTERN TAYLOR AND WESTERN CASEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER SHOWS ROTATION. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU RECEIVED DAMAGING WINDS OF ANY KIND...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...PLEASE REPORT THIS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3741 8510 3729 8493 3720 8520 3726 8527 TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 229DEG 35KT 3736 8504 $$ AL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Hancock, Ohio | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 22 min |
| Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 17 min |
| Apr 15, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 22 min |
| Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 21 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 12:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 1:26 AM CDT | 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.