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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 8:48 PM EDT for Hardin County, Larue County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hardin County, KY, Larue County, KY, Nelson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glendale, KY | TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS HIGH STREET. |
| Apr 26, 8:53 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ene Glendale, KY | AN NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AND EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 100 TO 105 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF GLENDALE. THE 75 TO 125 YARD WIDE TORNADO TRAVELED LESS THAN A MILE AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. THE TORNADO TOU |
| Apr 26, 9:03 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Elizabethtown, KY | ST JOHNS ROAD AND RING ROAD. |
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, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
761 WFUS53 KLMK 270048 TORLMK KYC093-123-179-270115- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0076.110427T0048Z-110427T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 848 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHWESTERN LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WESTERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT... * AT 840 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS NEAR BIG CLIFTY. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL ALSO PRODUCE GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... HODGENVILLE... ELIZABETHTOWN... GAITHERS... TONIEVILLE AND MATHERS MILL... ROANOKE AND BOUNDARY OAK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. THEY DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 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 3781 8560 3753 8573 3752 8602 3776 8607 TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 262DEG 27KT 3758 8596 $$ JSD
4 follow-up statements
980 WWUS53 KLMK 270057 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 857 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 KYC093-123-179-270115- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110427T0115Z/ HARDIN KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY- 857 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN LARUE...WESTERN NELSON AND EASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES... AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENDALE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT... GLENDALE... HODGENVILLE... TONIEVILLE... MATHERS MILL AND BOUNDARY OAK... ROANOKE... THE TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 65 NEAR THE GLENDALE EXIT AROUND 858 PM EDT! LARGE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3756 8594 3770 8602 3781 8560 3753 8573 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 261DEG 26KT 3759 8589 $$ 13
895 WWUS53 KLMK 270101 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 901 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 KYC093-123-179-270115- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110427T0115Z/ HARDIN KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY- 901 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN LARUE...WESTERN NELSON AND EASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES... AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED AT GLENDALE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT... HODGENVILLE... TONIEVILLE AND MATHERS MILL... BOUNDARY OAK... ROANOKE... THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY AT THE GLENDALE EXIT ON INTERSTATE 65...NEAR MILE MARKER 86. LARGE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF THE TORNADO FROM CECILIA TO ELIZABETHTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3757 8590 3767 8598 3779 8561 3753 8573 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 261DEG 26KT 3760 8585 $$ 13
472 WWUS53 KLMK 270104 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 904 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 KYC093-123-179-270115- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110427T0115Z/ HARDIN KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY- 904 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN LARUE...WESTERN NELSON AND EASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES... AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF GLENDALE ON INTERSTATE 65...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT... HODGENVILLE... TONIEVILLE... ROANOKE... LARGE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY IN THE ELIZABETHTOWN AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3759 8588 3767 8598 3779 8561 3753 8573 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 252DEG 23KT 3762 8584 $$ 13
570 WWUS53 KLMK 270110 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 910 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 KYC093-123-179-270115- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110427T0115Z/ HARDIN KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY- 910 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN LARUE...WESTERN NELSON AND EASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES... AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF TONIEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT... TONIEVILLE... ALSO...LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY IN THE ELIZABETHTOWN AREA. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 65...THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY...AND THE BLUE GRASS PARKWAY IN THE ELIZABETHTOWN AREA MUST PREPARE FOR THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW! && LAT...LON 3759 8585 3768 8593 3779 8561 3759 8570 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 252DEG 20KT 3762 8582 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 8:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 14 min |
| Apr 26, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 10:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 11:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 11:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Henry and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 12:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 12:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 12:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 12:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 1:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 1:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Logan | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 3:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Warren | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 3:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 3:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Hancock, Ohio | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 4:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Warren | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 7:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Green, Hart | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 7:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 7:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 7:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 7:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 7:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 19 min |
| Apr 27, 8:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 8:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell, Taylor | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 8:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 8:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 8:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 14 min |
| Apr 27, 8:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 12 min |
| Apr 27, 8:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 8:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 8:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 9:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 9:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 9:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 9:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 9:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Madison, Nicholas | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 36 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 36 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hart | 36 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 11:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas, Robertson | 25 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Warren | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.