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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Louisville, KY

April 26, 2011Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 5:54 PM CDT for Ohio 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, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ohio County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 26, 6:01 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	4 N Hartford, KY
Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Dundee, KY
Apr 26, 6:12 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Dundee, KY
Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Fordsville, KY

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 26, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

291 
WFUS53 KLMK 262254
TORLMK
KYC183-262330-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0071.110426T2254Z-110426T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

* AT 551 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
NEAR CENTERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS A SUPERCELL 
WITH VERY STRONG ROTATION. 

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HARTFORD...
  BEAVER DAM...
  HORTON AND SANDEFUR CROSSING...
  ROSINE AND MOUNT PLEASANT...
  HORSE BRANCH AND WINDY HILL...

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 3760 8699 3766 8684 3769 8671 3740 8663
      3736 8705 3736 8706 3751 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 261DEG 35KT 3743 8696

$$

JSD

5 follow-up statements

005 
WWUS53 KLMK 262300
SVSLMK

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

KYC183-262330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110426T2330Z/
OHIO KY-
600 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR OHIO
COUNTY...

AT 556 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED LARGE ROTATION AND 
A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM NEAR HIGHWAY 69 AND 273. THE STORM IS 
VERY DANGEROUS AND IS HEADING DIRECTLY AT HARTFORD. PLEASE TAKE 
COVER NOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HARTFORD...
  HORTON AND SANDEFUR CROSSING...
  ROSINE AND MOUNT PLEASANT...
  HORSE BRANCH AND WINDY HILL...

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 3760 8699 3766 8684 3769 8671 3740 8663
      3736 8705 3736 8706 3751 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 261DEG 35KT 3744 8690

$$

MACZKO

383 
WWUS53 KLMK 262306
SVSLMK

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

KYC183-262330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110426T2330Z/
OHIO KY-
606 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR OHIO
COUNTY...

AT 601 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED SIGNIFICANT ROTATION AND A FUNNEL 
CLOUD WITH THIS STORM NEAR HARTFORD. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO BE VERY 
DANGEROUS AND IS HEADING EAST AT 30 MPH. PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW TO 
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM. 

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HARTFORD...
  HORTON AND JINGO...
  ROSINE...

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 3762 8693 3763 8692 3763 8691 3765 8689
      3769 8671 3740 8663 3739 8677 3738 8678
      3738 8683 3737 8697 3759 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 267DEG 21KT 3745 8689

$$

MACZKO

134 
WWUS53 KLMK 262309
SVSLMK

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

KYC183-262330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110426T2330Z/
OHIO KY-
609 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR OHIO
COUNTY...

AT 605 PM CDT...SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT ROTATION AND 
A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM NEAR HARTFORD. THIS STORM IS MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH AND CONTINUES TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. THIS STORM IS 
ALSO LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE. PLEASE TAKE 
COVER NOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM. 

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HORTON AND JINGO...
  ROSINE AND MOUNT PLEASANT...
  HORSE BRANCH AND WINDY HILL...

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 3762 8693 3763 8692 3763 8691 3765 8689
      3769 8671 3740 8663 3739 8677 3738 8678
      3738 8683 3737 8697 3759 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 267DEG 21KT 3745 8686

$$

MACZKO

548 
WWUS53 KLMK 262316
SVSLMK

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

KYC183-262330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110426T2330Z/
OHIO KY-
616 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTY...

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER ON THE GROUND BETWEEN HARTFORD 
AND BEAVER DAM AT 602 PM CDT. THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND 
SHOULD BE IN THE ROSINE AREA WITHIN MINUTES. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 
WAS ALSO REPORTED IN DUNDEE FROM THIS STORM. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO 
BE VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM 
THIS DANGEROUS STORM. 

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ROSINE...
  WINDY HILL AND OLATON...
  HORSE BRANCH...

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 3763 8691 3764 8690 3767 8685 3766 8683
      3769 8671 3767 8670 3740 8663 3739 8677
      3738 8678 3738 8687 3763 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 266DEG 33KT 3746 8677

$$

MACZKO

798 
WWUS53 KLMK 262326
SVSLMK

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

KYC183-262336-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110426T2330Z/
OHIO KY-
626 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OHIO COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW 
TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OHIO COUNTY THAT WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM 
CDT...

THIS STORM CONTINUES TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL WAS 
ALSO REPORTED AT HARTFORD...AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 
FORDSVILLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW TO PROTECT 
YOURSELF FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM

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 3763 8691 3764 8690 3767 8685 3766 8683
      3769 8671 3767 8670 3740 8663 3739 8677
      3738 8678 3738 8687 3763 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 266DEG 33KT 3747 8664

$$

MJ

The 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, 1:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan	36 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, 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.