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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

February 28, 2011Garrard County, Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 6:48 AM EST for Garrard County, Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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: Feb 28, 2011, 6:48 AM EST (11:48 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 7:15 AM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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
Feb 28, 6:49 AM EST	TORNADO	1 Sw Stanford, KY	AN NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 100 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT A MILE SOUTHWEST OF STANFORD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED 8 MILES BEFORE LIFTING 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAB ORCHARD. ALONG THE 250 YARD WIDE PATH...A MIDDLE SCH

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
Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

092 
WFUS53 KLMK 281148
TORLMK
KYC079-137-281215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0009.110228T1148Z-110228T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
648 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 715 AM EST...

* AT 646 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANFORD...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  STANFORD...
  PREACHERSVILLE AND CRAB ORCHARD...
  CARTERSVILLE...

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 3747 8442 3748 8445 3743 8447 3741 8449
      3745 8474 3762 8470 3762 8468 3753 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1149Z 279DEG 48KT 3752 8460

$$

MJ

2 follow-up statements

378 
WWUS53 KLMK 281153
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
653 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

KYC079-137-281215-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110228T1215Z/
GARRARD KY-LINCOLN KY-
653 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN GARRARD COUNTIES...

AT 647 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF STANFORD...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  STANFORD...
  CARTERSVILLE...

PERSONS IN THE PREACHERSVILLE...POINT LEAVELL AND CARTERSVILLE 
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

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 3747 8442 3748 8445 3743 8447 3741 8449
      3745 8474 3762 8470 3762 8468 3753 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 279DEG 48KT 3751 8453

$$

MJ

163 
WWUS53 KLMK 281207
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
707 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

KYC079-137-281217-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110228T1215Z/
GARRARD KY-LINCOLN KY-
707 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN GARRARD
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 AM EST...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER
SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

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 3747 8442 3748 8445 3743 8447 3741 8449
      3745 8474 3762 8470 3762 8468 3753 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 279DEG 48KT 3748 8430

$$

MJ

The 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, 5:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott	25 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, 6:55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.