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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

February 28, 2011Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana; Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 4:17 AM EST for Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana; Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
Feb 28, 2011, 4:17 AM EST (09:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 4:45 AM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Oldham County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 2:33 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

860 
WFUS53 KLMK 280917
TORLMK
INC019-043-KYC185-280945-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0005.110228T0917Z-110228T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
417 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 445 AM EST...

* AT 416 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STARLIGHT...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

  CHARLESTOWN AND CLARK SIDING...
  VESTA AND ROLLING HILLS...

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 3844 8550 3833 8590 3845 8598 3849 8587
      3861 8562 3860 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 255DEG 63KT 3842 8584

$$

MJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 3:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington51 min
Feb 28, 3:21 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois24 min
Feb 28, 3:31 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington29 min
Feb 28, 4:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington30 min
Feb 28, 4:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd35 min
Feb 28, 4:31 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark29 min
Feb 28, 4:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison43 min
Feb 28, 4:47 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham30 min
Feb 28, 4:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Hardin, Ohio37 min
Feb 28, 4:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby49 min
Feb 28, 5:20 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKFranklin, Scott25 min
Feb 28, 5:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson37 min
Feb 28, 5:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas53 min
Feb 28, 5:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott, Woodford32 min
Feb 28, 6:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer and 2 more39 min
Feb 28, 6:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Boyle, Casey, Edmonson, Green, Hart and 4 more50 min
Feb 28, 6:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford33 min
Feb 28, 6:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Garrard, Madison41 min
Feb 28, 6:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart and 4 more22 min
Feb 28, 6:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer31 min
Feb 28, 6:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark30 min
Feb 28, 6:48 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln27 min
Feb 28, 6:55 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe9 min
Feb 28, 7:00 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Lincoln, Russell, Taylor30 min
Feb 28, 7:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green and 6 more28 min
Feb 28, 7:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Allen, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more33 min
Feb 28, 7:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell32 min

Nearby

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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.