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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Louisville, KY

April 19, 2011Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 10:54 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. 5 reports 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 19, 2011, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harrison County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 10:54 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Ese Union Star, KY	EF-O TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 65-80 MPH. TORNADO LIFTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE 11 MILE PATH...WITH GREATEST WIDTH AT 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO MEADE COUNTY WHERE IT LAST LIFTED 4 MILES WEST OF BRANDENBURG. AN ATTACHED CARPORT BL
Apr 19, 11:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Brandenburg, KY	TREES REPORTED DOWN
Apr 19, 11:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Brandenburg, KY	ROOF OFF A HOUSE ON NEW HIGHLAND CHURCH ROAD.
Apr 19, 11:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 W Brandenburg, KY	DAMAGE TO A HOME ON SIROCCO ROAD...ROOF BLOWN OFF...CARPORT DAMAGED...ABOVE GROUND POOL DAMAGED.
Apr 19, 11:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 W Brandenburg, KY	HOMES DAMAGES

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 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 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: 1997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 7.7

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The text

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

123 
WFUS53 KLMK 200354
TORLMK
INC061-KYC027-163-200430-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0031.110420T0354Z-110420T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1154 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT/1130 PM CDT/...

* AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROME...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  BRANDENBURG...
  PAYNEVILLE AND RAYMOND...
  SIROCCO AND MIDWAY...
  MAUCKPORT AND BRANDENBURG STATION...
  LACONIA AND HUGHES LANDING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
70 MPH ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER NOW!

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 8658 3792 8653 3794 8652 3797 8653
      3802 8653 3811 8602 3787 8598 3784 8660
      3792 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 256DEG 52KT 3794 8646

$$

AL

2 follow-up statements

515 
WWUS53 KLMK 200418
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1218 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

KYC027-200428-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110420T0430Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-
1118 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE 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 3807 8622 3811 8602 3791 8599 3789 8613
      3790 8616 3795 8615 3799 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 256DEG 52KT 3802 8603

$$

INC061-KYC163-200430-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110420T0430Z/
HARRISON IN-MEADE KY-
1218 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
MEADE AND SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTIES...

AT 1213 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR BRANDENBURG STATION...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3807 8622 3811 8602 3791 8599 3789 8613
      3790 8616 3795 8615 3799 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 256DEG 52KT 3802 8603

$$

EER

426 
WWUS53 KLMK 200431
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1231 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

INC061-KYC163-200441-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110420T0430Z/
HARRISON IN-MEADE KY-
1231 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN HARRISON
COUNTIES 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 3807 8622 3811 8602 3791 8599 3789 8613
      3790 8616 3795 8615 3799 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 256DEG 52KT 3801 8603

$$

EER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	49 min
Apr 19, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	24 min
Apr 19, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock	46 min
Apr 19, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	34 min
Apr 19, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Meade	46 min
Apr 19, 10:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	41 min
Apr 19, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	30 min
Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	56 min
Apr 19, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	47 min
Apr 19, 11:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Trimble	43 min
Apr 19, 11:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	50 min
Apr 19, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson	37 min
Apr 19, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Henry, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	46 min
Apr 19, 11:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	26 min
Apr 20, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	36 min
Apr 20, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Metcalfe and 1 more	35 min
Apr 20, 12:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio	3 hr
Apr 20, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor	42 min
Apr 20, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 6 more	41 min
Apr 20, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more	34 min
Apr 20, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Simpson	47 min
Apr 20, 12:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott	17 min
Apr 20, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe and 2 more	40 min
Apr 20, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 1 more	32 min
Apr 20, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison	43 min
Apr 20, 1:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	28 min
Apr 20, 1:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio	3 hr
Apr 20, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Russell, Taylor	38 min
Apr 20, 1:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	35 min
Apr 20, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan and 3 more	46 min
Apr 20, 1:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren, Boyle, Casey, Edmonson, Grayson, Green and 8 more	3 hr
Apr 20, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Green, Lincoln and 4 more	41 min
Apr 20, 1:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	23 min
Apr 20, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	32 min
Apr 20, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more	29 min
Apr 20, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	26 min
Apr 20, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	28 min
Apr 20, 6:45 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	24 hr
Apr 20, 9:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	15 days
Apr 20, 9:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Meade	49 hr
Apr 20, 9:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	17 days
Apr 19, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	12 min
Apr 19, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Washington	11 min
Apr 19, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	25 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2011 Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.