Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 5:20 AM EST for Franklin County, Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 5:20 AM EST (10:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 5:45 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, KY, Scott County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104
WFUS53 KLMK 281020
TORLMK
KYC073-209-281045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0008.110228T1020Z-110228T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
520 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 545 AM EST...
* AT 516 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWALLOWFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
MINORSVILLE AND SUTERVILLE...
LONGLICK AND SKINNERSBURG...
MALLARD POINT AND TURKEY FOOT...
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.
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 3824 8443 3823 8490 3835 8490 3836 8488
3836 8485 3834 8480 3835 8476 3842 8466
3842 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 269DEG 46KT 3832 8478
$$
MJ2 follow-up statements
101
WWUS53 KLMK 281030
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
530 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
KYC073-281039-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110228T1045Z/
FRANKLIN KY-
530 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST INTO SCOTT COUNTY.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3824 8474 3827 8475 3836 8475 3841 8466
3842 8451 3840 8449 3824 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 269DEG 46KT 3832 8463
$$
KYC209-281045-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110228T1045Z/
SCOTT KY-
530 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
SCOTT COUNTY...
AT 522 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MINORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS SUCH AS
SUTERVILLE...JOSEPHINE...LONGLICK AND PORTER IN SCOTT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 3824 8474 3827 8475 3836 8475 3841 8466
3842 8451 3840 8449 3824 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 269DEG 46KT 3832 8463
$$
MJ819
WWUS53 KLMK 281048
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
548 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
KYC209-281058-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110228T1045Z/
SCOTT KY-
548 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3824 8474 3827 8475 3836 8475 3841 8466
3842 8451 3840 8449 3824 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 269DEG 46KT 3831 8461
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 4:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 4:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 4:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Spencer | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 4:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 4:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin, Ohio | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 4:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 5:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 5:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 53 min |
| Feb 28, 5:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 6:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer and 2 more | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 6:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Boyle, Casey, Edmonson, Green, Hart and 4 more | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 6:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 6:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Madison | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 6:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart and 4 more | 22 min |
| Feb 28, 6:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 6:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 6:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 6:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 9 min |
| Feb 28, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Russell, Taylor | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 7:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green and 6 more | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 7:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 7:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.