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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Louisville, KY

April 26, 2011Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 5:32 PM CDT for Ohio 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
Apr 26, 2011, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ohio County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

223 
WFUS53 KLMK 262232
TORLMK
KYC183-262300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0070.110426T2232Z-110426T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
532 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF KIRTLEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HARTFORD...
  KIRTLEY AND MATANZAS...
  CENTERTOWN AND CERALVO...
  NO CREEK AND MCHENRY...
  BEAVER DAM...

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 3737 8711 3746 8712 3748 8713 3756 8705
      3763 8696 3763 8693 3732 8684 3731 8700
      3736 8705 3736 8709 3733 8711 3734 8713
      3735 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 260DEG 35KT 3741 8717

$$

JSD
3 follow-up statements
930 
WWUS53 KLMK 262241
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
541 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

KYC183-262300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/
OHIO KY-
541 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
OHIO COUNTY...

AT 537 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
NEAR KIRTLEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  IT IS NOW ENTERING OHIO 
COUNTY FROM MCLEAN AND MUHLENBERG COUNTIES. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 
SEEING FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM.  PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW TO 
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM. 

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HARTFORD...
  CENTERTOWN AND HEFLIN...
  NO CREEK AND BEDA...
  BEAVER DAM...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3737 8711 3746 8712 3748 8713 3756 8705
      3763 8696 3763 8693 3732 8684 3731 8700
      3736 8705 3736 8709 3733 8711 3734 8713
      3735 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 260DEG 36KT 3744 8708

$$

MJ
354 
WWUS53 KLMK 262251
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
551 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

KYC183-262300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/
OHIO KY-
551 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
OHIO COUNTY...

AT 547 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. A SPOTTER HAS REPORTED 
SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD IN OHIO COUNTY. CENTERTOWN IS DIRECTLY IN THE 
PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM. PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW TO PROTECT 
YOURSELF FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM. 

* THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT...
  HARTFORD...
  CENTERTOWN AND HEFLIN...
  MCHENRY AND NO CREEK...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3737 8711 3746 8712 3748 8713 3756 8705
      3763 8696 3763 8693 3732 8684 3731 8700
      3736 8705 3736 8709 3733 8711 3734 8713
      3735 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 266DEG 23KT 3742 8704

$$

MACZKO
356 
WWUS53 KLMK 262257
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
557 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

KYC183-262306-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/
OHIO KY-
557 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN OHIO COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED 
WITH A NEW WARNING FOR ALL OF OHIO COUNTY THAT WILL WILL EXPIRE AT 
630 PM CDT...

THIS STORM CONTINUES TO BE VERY DANGEROUS AND WILL IMPACT MUCH OF 
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM CDT. 

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 3737 8711 3746 8712 3748 8713 3756 8705
      3763 8696 3763 8693 3732 8684 3731 8700
      3736 8705 3736 8709 3733 8711 3734 8713
      3735 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 262DEG 26KT 3744 8696

$$

MJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Ohio, Simpson, Warren32 min
Apr 26, 1:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKLogan36 min
Apr 26, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Simpson, Warren45 min
Apr 26, 1:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock, Ohio33 min
Apr 26, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue22 min
Apr 26, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren, Metcalfe, Monroe47 min
Apr 26, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart, Metcalfe37 min
Apr 26, 2:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson and 1 more28 min
Apr 26, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe38 min
Apr 26, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor30 min
Apr 26, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Marion, Nelson, Spencer, Washington31 min
Apr 26, 3:16 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKNelson, Spencer29 min
Apr 26, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor16 min
Apr 26, 3:36 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKWashington24 min
Apr 26, 3:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Franklin, Shelby, Woodford34 min
Apr 26, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Henry, Shelby26 min
Apr 26, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Mercer, Woodford24 min
Apr 26, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford34 min
Apr 26, 4:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln23 min
Apr 26, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Harrison, Nicholas45 min
Apr 26, 4:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Madison27 min
Apr 26, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln43 min
Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison30 min
Apr 26, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio23 min
Apr 26, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOhio36 min
Apr 26, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio24 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.