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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Louisville, KY

April 26, 20114 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 6:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. 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 26, 2011, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 26, 6:24 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Fordsville, KY
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Ene Short Creek, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.

589 
WFUS53 KLMK 262321
TORLMK
KYC027-085-091-183-262345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0072.110426T2321Z-110426T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

* AT 602 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR   
WEST OF HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS SUPERCELL WITH BASEBALL SIZED HAIL. 

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  JUGVILLE AND WHITE RUN...
  HITES FALLS AND YEAMAN...
  TOUSEY AND DEMPSTER...
  FALLING BRANCH AND HICKORY CORNER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3767 8684 3769 8685 3786 8652 3749 8638
      3741 8679 3765 8688
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 250DEG 32KT 3751 8671

$$

JSD

3 follow-up statements

759 
WWUS53 KLMK 262329
SVSLMK

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

KYC027-085-091-183-262345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110426T2345Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-HANCOCK KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-
629 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON...NORTHEASTERN OHIO...SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND
SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES...

THIS STORM CONTINUES TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON 
THE GROUND WITH THIS STORM BETWEEN HARTFORD AND BEAVER DAM. 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

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TOUSEY AND DEMPSTER...
  FALLING BRANCH AND HICKORY CORNER...
  CANNONS POINT AND INDIAN VALLEY...

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 3767 8684 3769 8685 3786 8652 3749 8638
      3741 8679 3765 8688
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 250DEG 32KT 3753 8663

$$

MACZKO

277 
WWUS53 KLMK 262339
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
739 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

KYC091-183-262347-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110426T2345Z/
HANCOCK KY-OHIO KY-
639 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING FOR 
NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED. 

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3757 8664 3755 8660 3756 8660 3758 8662
      3764 8665 3766 8665 3766 8663 3770 8664
      3772 8664 3786 8652 3749 8638 3744 8663
      3755 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 250DEG 32KT 3756 8653

$$

KYC027-085-262345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110426T2345Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-GRAYSON KY-
639 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES...

THIS STORM CONTINUES TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON 
THE GROUND WITH THIS STORM BETWEEN HARTFORD AND BEAVER DAM. 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.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  YEAMAN AND TOUSEY...
  INDIAN VALLEY AND MCDANIELS...

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 3757 8664 3755 8660 3756 8660 3758 8662
      3764 8665 3766 8665 3766 8663 3770 8664
      3772 8664 3786 8652 3749 8638 3744 8663
      3755 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 250DEG 32KT 3756 8653

$$

MACZKO

186 
WWUS53 KLMK 262343
SVSLMK

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

KYC027-085-262352-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110426T2345Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-GRAYSON KY-
643 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON AND SOUTHWESTERN 
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW TORNADO WARNING FOR 
SOUTHERN BRECKENRIDGE AND NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTIES THAT WILL  
EXPIRE AT 715 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 3757 8664 3755 8660 3756 8660 3758 8662
      3764 8665 3766 8665 3766 8663 3770 8664
      3772 8664 3786 8652 3749 8638 3744 8663
      3755 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 250DEG 32KT 3757 8648

$$

MACZKO

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, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Ohio	36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.