Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 67, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 1:24 AM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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 26, 2011, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Logan County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:27 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Russellville, KY | TREE ON A HOUSE IN RUSSELLVILLE. TREE ON A TRACTOR TRAILER AS IT WAS TRAVELING ON CONCORD ROAD. |
| Apr 26, 1:31 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Ne Russellville, KY | AN NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN CHANDLERS CHAPEL. SEVERAL SMALL OUTBUILDINGS INCLUDING A CAR PORT AND A BARN WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 80 MPH. |
| Apr 26, 1:36 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Auburn, KY | BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED |
| Apr 26, 1:37 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Auburn, KY | ROOF DAMAGE |
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 25, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
578
WFUS53 KLMK 260624
TORLMK
KYC141-260700-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0067.110426T0624Z-110426T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
124 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
* AT 119 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLENSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
RUSSELLVILLE...
DENNIS AND DANBY...
CHANDLERS CHAPEL AND AUBURN...
GASPER AND COSTELOW...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 70 MPH
ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER NOW!
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 SEVERE WEATHER 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 3677 8707 3697 8707 3708 8696 3707 8689
3698 8667 3683 8670 3674 8676 3668 8676
3667 8677 3665 8685 3665 8701 3673 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 228DEG 62KT 3677 8695
$$
AL2 follow-up statements
367
WWUS53 KLMK 260636
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
136 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC141-260700-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
LOGAN KY-
136 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR LOGAN
COUNTY...
AT 132 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
JUST EAST OF RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
COOPERSTOWN...
AUBURN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3682 8698 3698 8704 3708 8696 3707 8689
3698 8667 3684 8670 3674 8676 3668 8676
3667 8677 3665 8685 3665 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 234DEG 58KT 3688 8679
$$
AL155
WWUS53 KLMK 260701
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
201 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC141-260710-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
LOGAN KY-
201 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOGAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. WINDS OF 50 MPH AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
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 3682 8698 3698 8704 3708 8696 3707 8689
3698 8667 3684 8670 3674 8676 3668 8676
3667 8677 3665 8685 3665 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 234DEG 58KT 3688 8679
$$
MPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio, Simpson, Warren | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Simpson, Warren | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart, Metcalfe | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson and 1 more | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Marion, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 3:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 16 min |
| Apr 26, 3:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Woodford | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Woodford | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Harrison, Nicholas | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 33 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.