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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 10:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anderson County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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, 10:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Nne Chaplin, KY | JUST UNDER QUARTER SIZE. |
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
250 WFUS53 KLMK 270232 TORLMK KYC005-179-215-229-270300- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0078.110427T0232Z-110427T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1032 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... * AT 1030 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... CHAPLIN... SPARROW AND VAN BUREN... KLONDYKE AND JOHNSONVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3804 8516 3790 8502 3781 8531 3790 8535 TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 236DEG 26KT 3787 8529 $$ 13
4 follow-up statements
684 WWUS53 KLMK 270238 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1038 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 KYC005-179-215-229-270300- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/ SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- 1038 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN NELSON...SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN SPENCER COUNTIES... AT 1035 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAPLIN ON THE BLUE GRASS PARKWAY NEAR EXIT 34...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... SPARROW AND VAN BUREN... KLONDYKE AND JOHNSONVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3784 8529 3792 8532 3804 8516 3790 8502 TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 236DEG 26KT 3789 8525 $$ 13
215
WWUS53 KLMK 270243
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1043 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC229-270252-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
WASHINGTON KY-
1043 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS 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.
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING SHOULD STAY JUST NORTH OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3790 8502 3788 8512 3791 8512 3789 8515
3789 8517 3790 8521 3787 8521 3787 8525
3794 8529 3804 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 239DEG 26KT 3790 8521
$$
KYC005-179-215-270300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-NELSON KY-
1043 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN NELSON...SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN SPENCER
COUNTIES...
AT 1039 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAPLIN ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE BLUE GRASS
PARKWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
SPARROW AND VAN BUREN...
KLONDYKE AND JOHNSONVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3790 8502 3788 8512 3791 8512 3789 8515
3789 8517 3790 8521 3787 8521 3787 8525
3794 8529 3804 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 239DEG 26KT 3790 8521
$$
13374
WWUS53 KLMK 270248
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1048 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC005-179-215-270300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-NELSON KY-
1048 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN NELSON...SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN SPENCER
COUNTIES...
AT 1044 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CHAPLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
VAN BUREN AND JOHNSONVILLE...
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ESPECIALLY IN THE VAN BUREN AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3794 8509 3793 8512 3791 8514 3790 8521
3791 8522 3791 8524 3797 8525 3804 8516
3795 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 229DEG 25KT 3794 8520
$$
13018
WWUS53 KLMK 270300
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1100 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC005-179-215-270310-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-NELSON KY-
1100 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NELSON...SOUTHWESTERN
ANDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN SPENCER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3794 8509 3793 8512 3791 8514 3790 8521
3791 8522 3791 8524 3797 8525 3804 8516
3795 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 229DEG 25KT 3800 8511
$$
13The 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, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 27 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, 10:56 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.