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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2011Breckinridge County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 6:42 AM CDT for Breckinridge County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 min. 2 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: Jun 19, 2011, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2011, 6:59 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Breckinridge County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 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, 6:42 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Harned, KY	PART OF GYMNASIUM ROOF BLOWN OFF NEAR HWY 1401 AND RICHARD MOORE ROAD... BARNS... SHED... AND CARPORTS DAMAGED NEAR HARNED... LOCUST HILL... AND WESTVIEW
Jun 19, 6:43 AM CDT	TORNADO	2 Se Harned, KY	EF-0 TORNADO DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A WELL CONSTRUCTED BARN.

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, 2:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

525 
WFUS53 KLMK 191142
TORLMK
KYC027-191200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0093.110619T1142Z-110619T1200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

* AT 638 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARNED...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HARDINSBURG...
  GRAYSVILLE...
  CUSTER AND CORNERS...
  HIGH PLAINS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER NOW!

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 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 3788 8625 3781 8618 3767 8624 3766 8645
      3783 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 265DEG 41KT 3775 8637

$$

AL

2 follow-up statements

708 
WWUS53 KLMK 191150
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
650 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

KYC027-191200-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-
650 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY...

AT 647 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR GRAYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HIGH PLAINS...

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 3787 8634 3788 8625 3781 8618 3767 8624
      3766 8634 3786 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 265DEG 41KT 3776 8625

$$

JSD

459 
WWUS53 KLMK 191159
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
659 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

KYC027-191210-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-
659 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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 3787 8634 3788 8625 3781 8618 3767 8624
      3766 8634 3786 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 265DEG 41KT 3777 8611

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	47 min
Jun 19, 5:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	47 min
Jun 19, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	46 min
Jun 19, 6:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	34 min
Jun 19, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	43 min
Jun 19, 6:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	49 min
Jun 19, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	34 min
Jun 19, 6:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	20 min
Jun 19, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin, Meade	28 min
Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	15 min
Jun 19, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	27 min
Jun 19, 7:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson	36 min
Jun 19, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	33 min
Jun 19, 7:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more	29 min
Jun 19, 7:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	34 min
Jun 19, 7:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren	32 min
Jun 19, 7:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	14 min
Jun 19, 7:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	28 min
Jun 19, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington	33 min
Jun 19, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Jessamine, Mercer, Nelson and 6 more	31 min
Jun 19, 7:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	25 min
Jun 19, 7:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	36 min
Jun 19, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more	30 min
Jun 19, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	35 min
Jun 19, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	35 min
Jun 19, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	47 min
Jun 19, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	30 min
Jun 19, 8:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	33 min
Jun 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	23 min
Jun 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	38 min
Jun 19, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	34 min
Jun 19, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Monroe	28 min
Jun 19, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	29 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.