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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2011Meade County, Kentucky; Crawford County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 7:11 AM EDT for Meade County, Kentucky; Crawford County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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: Jun 19, 2011, 7:11 AM EDT (11:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2011, 7:45 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, IN, Perry County, IN, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 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
Jun 19, 7:31 AM EDT	TORNADO	1 N Oriole, IN	AN NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT A VERY SHORT LIVED EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME NORTHEAST PERRY COUNTY INDIANA. THE 60-70 YARD WIDE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.3 MILES SOUTH OF SULPHUR SPRINGS ALONG ROUTE 66 AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR TWO TENTHS OF

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
Jun 19, 3:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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: 340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -515 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 328 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.

468 
WFUS53 KLMK 191111
TORLMK
INC025-123-KYC163-191145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0092.110619T1111Z-110619T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
711 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 745 AM EDT/645 AM CDT/...

* AT 610 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADYEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  BRANCHVILLE AND APALONA...
  ORIOLE AND WEST FORK...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS AND SULPHUR...
  LEAVENWORTH AND FREDONIA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST 
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

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 3825 8669 3828 8668 3830 8630 3821 8630
      3818 8632 3818 8634 3815 8630 3811 8630
      3811 8674 3824 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 263DEG 46KT 3817 8675

$$

AMS

2 follow-up statements

849 
WWUS53 KLMK 191130 RRA
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
730 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

INC025-123-KYC163-191145-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-110619T1145Z/
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-MEADE KY-
730 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT/645 AM CDT/
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...NORTHEASTERN PERRY AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD
COUNTIES...

AT 629 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LEAVENWORTH AND FREDONIA...
  PILOT KNOB AND CEDAR FLAT...

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 3830 8630 3821 8630 3818 8632 3818 8634
      3815 8630 3811 8630 3811 8659 3828 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 1130Z 263DEG 46KT 3819 8646

$$

AMS

249 
WWUS53 KLMK 191148
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
748 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

INC025-123-KYC163-191158-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-110619T1145Z/
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-MEADE KY-
748 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...NORTHEASTERN PERRY
AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED 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 3830 8630 3821 8630 3818 8632 3818 8634
      3815 8630 3811 8630 3811 8659 3828 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 1130Z 263DEG 46KT 3819 8646

$$

JSD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 6:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	47 min
Jun 19, 6:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	47 min
Jun 19, 7:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	46 min
Jun 19, 7:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	43 min
Jun 19, 7:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	49 min
Jun 19, 7:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	34 min
Jun 19, 7:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	17 min
Jun 19, 7:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	20 min
Jun 19, 7:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin, Meade	28 min
Jun 19, 8:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	15 min
Jun 19, 8:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	27 min
Jun 19, 8:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson	36 min
Jun 19, 8:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	33 min
Jun 19, 8:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more	29 min
Jun 19, 8:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	34 min
Jun 19, 8:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren	32 min
Jun 19, 8:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	14 min
Jun 19, 8:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	28 min
Jun 19, 8:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington	33 min
Jun 19, 8:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Jessamine, Mercer, Nelson and 6 more	31 min
Jun 19, 8:50 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	25 min
Jun 19, 8:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	36 min
Jun 19, 9:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more	30 min
Jun 19, 9:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	35 min
Jun 19, 9:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	35 min
Jun 19, 9:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	47 min
Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	30 min
Jun 19, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	33 min
Jun 19, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	23 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	38 min
Jun 19, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	34 min
Jun 19, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Monroe	28 min
Jun 19, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	29 min
Jun 19, 6:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois, Perry	22 min
Jun 19, 8:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott, Washington	24 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.