Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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 22, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anderson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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 22, 6:39 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Lawrenceburg, KY | FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED AT U.S. 127 AND HWY 151 |
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 22, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLMK 222225
TORLMK
KYC005-073-211-215-239-222300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0042.110422T2225Z-110422T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
625 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
* AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT EDEN...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SPOTTED WITH THIS STORM!
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LAWRENCEBURG...
GEE AND JUNTE...
BIRDIE AND ANDERSON CITY...
ALTON AND FOX CREEK...
STRINGTOWN AND NINEVAH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. 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 3793 8476 3794 8482 3795 8482 3796 8481
3797 8483 3794 8488 3800 8525 3814 8524
3821 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 273DEG 35KT 3806 8515
$$
SCHOETTMER2 follow-up statements
017
WWUS53 KLMK 222239
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
639 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
KYC215-222249-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110422T2300Z/
SPENCER KY-
639 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SPENCER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3821 8482 3793 8476 3794 8482 3796 8481
3797 8483 3794 8488 3798 8512 3804 8514
3804 8512 3805 8511 3806 8515 3812 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 276DEG 30KT 3804 8500
$$
KYC005-073-211-239-222300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110422T2300Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SHELBY KY-WOODFORD KY-ANDERSON KY-
639 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
ANDERSON...WESTERN WOODFORD...SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 636 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR BIRDIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LAWRENCEBURG...
FOX CREEK AND ALTON...
STRINGTOWN AND NINEVAH...
TYRONE AND MILNER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. 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 3821 8482 3793 8476 3794 8482 3796 8481
3797 8483 3794 8488 3798 8512 3804 8514
3804 8512 3805 8511 3806 8515 3812 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 276DEG 30KT 3804 8500
$$
SCHOETTMER666
WWUS53 KLMK 222245
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
645 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
KYC211-222254-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110422T2300Z/
SHELBY KY-
645 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3821 8482 3793 8476 3794 8482 3796 8481
3797 8483 3794 8488 3799 8505 3808 8507
3811 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 276DEG 30KT 3804 8493
$$
KYC005-073-239-222300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110422T2300Z/
FRANKLIN KY-WOODFORD KY-ANDERSON KY-
645 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON...WESTERN WOODFORD AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...
AT 640 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR BIRDIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORMS. THE TOWN OF LAWRENCEBURG SHOULD TAKE
COVER NOW!! EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LAWRENCEBURG...
STRINGTOWN AND NINEVAH...
MILNER AND TYRONE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. 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 3821 8482 3793 8476 3794 8482 3796 8481
3797 8483 3794 8488 3799 8505 3808 8507
3811 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 276DEG 30KT 3804 8493
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Shelby, Spencer | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 6:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 93 min |
| Apr 22, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 7:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Scott and 1 more | 111 min |
| Apr 22, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.