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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2011, 7:26 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Clark County, Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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 22, 2011, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 8:07 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Winchester, KY | HEAVY ROTATION. |
| Apr 22, 8:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 S North Middletown, KY | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON THE BORDER BETWEEN CLARK... BOURBON... AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. |
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, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 222326
TORLMK
KYC017-049-067-230000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0044.110422T2326Z-110423T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
726 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR U K ARBORETUM IN
LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM!
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
VETERANS PARK...
FAYETTE MALL...
U K ARBORETUM...
BRYAN STATION...
WINCHESTER...
WALNUT HILL...
CHILESBURG AND COLUMBUS...
PINE GROVE AND TEBBS...
CONSTANT STATION AND JUDIANNE ESTATES...
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 8400 3789 8401 3796 8455 3808 8457
3813 8407 3811 8408 3796 8398 3793 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 271DEG 35KT 3801 8448
$$
SCHOETTMER2 follow-up statements
253
WWUS53 KLMK 222341
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
741 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
KYC017-049-067-230000-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110423T0000Z/
BOURBON KY-FAYETTE KY-CLARK KY-
741 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CLARK...
EASTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTIES...
AT 736 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR WALNUT HILL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
BRYAN STATION...
WINCHESTER...
THOROUGHBRED ACRES...
CADENTOWN...
OLD PINE GROVE AND YORKTOWN...
JUDIANNE ESTATES AND CONSTANT STATION...
PRETTY RUN AND FRANKLIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3793 8400 3789 8401 3795 8444 3809 8447
3813 8407 3811 8408 3796 8398 3793 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 270DEG 24KT 3803 8436
$$
SCHOETTMER068
WWUS53 KLMK 222351
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
751 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
KYC017-049-067-230000-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110423T0000Z/
BOURBON KY-FAYETTE KY-CLARK KY-
751 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CLARK...
EASTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTIES...
AT 748 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TEBBS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
INTERSTATE 64 NEAR
WINCHESTER...
FRANKLIN AND PRETTY RUN...
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 8400 3789 8401 3795 8436 3808 8433
3813 8407 3811 8408 3796 8398 3793 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 270DEG 24KT 3801 8427
$$
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, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford | 35 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, 7:39 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.