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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2011, 11:36 PM CDT for Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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 23, 12:02 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Tell City, IN | WEHT RELAYING REPORT OF TREES DOWN |
| Apr 23, 12:07 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tell City, IN | WEHT REPORTS TREES DOWN ON BOYD ROAD OFF OF NEW IN-237...REPORT OF TRUCK FLIPPED OVER AND DOWNED POWER LINES |
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, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLMK 230436
TORLMK
INC123-KYC091-230500-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0046.110423T0436Z-110423T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1136 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
* AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAITMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
HAWESVILLE...
TELL CITY...
TROY...
TERRY AND RANGER...
LEOPOLD AND APALONA...
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 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 3794 8693 3799 8686 3801 8678 3810 8679
3811 8681 3816 8682 3825 8677 3806 8647
3805 8651 3803 8652 3783 8687 3782 8692
3789 8693 3789 8698 3794 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 234DEG 63KT 3794 8692
$$
MJ1 follow-up statement
851
WWUS53 KLMK 230452
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1152 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
INC123-KYC091-230500-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110423T0500Z/
PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-
1152 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 1149 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TELL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
TROY AND LILLY DALE...
GERALD AND TERRY...
GATCHEL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3800 8683 3800 8681 3801 8678 3806 8678
3815 8662 3806 8647 3805 8651 3803 8652
3791 8674 3794 8682 3796 8684 3799 8685
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 246DEG 45KT 3798 8675
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 8 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Green, Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson and 2 more | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 1:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Mercer and 3 more | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 1:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 3:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 3:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Nelson, Scott, Spencer, Washington and 1 more | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer, Nelson, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 5:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette and 16 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Meade | 12 days |
| Apr 23, 9:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 6 days |
| Apr 23, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 14 days |
| Apr 23, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 28 days |
| Apr 23, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 1:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 16 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 15 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 31 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 3:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Spencer | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Woodford | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 4:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas, Robertson | 67 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 31 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.