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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2011Washington County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 8:50 AM EDT for Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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, 8:50 AM EDT (12:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2011, 9:15 AM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Washington County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:52 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, 8:52 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Springfield, KY	TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG DEPOT STREET AND 150 VALLEY HILL ROAD IN SPRINGFIELD

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

519 
WFUS53 KLMK 191250
TORLMK
KYC229-191315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0095.110619T1250Z-110619T1315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT...

* AT 847 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VALLEY HILL...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SPRINGFIELD...
  THOMPSONVILLE AND WILLISBURG...
  JENKINSVILLE AND MACKVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. 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 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 3779 8502 3772 8503 3764 8504 3769 8530
      3784 8526 3784 8502 3780 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 280DEG 46KT 3775 8521

$$

AL

2 follow-up statements

633 
WWUS53 KLMK 191303
SVSLMK

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

KYC229-191315-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110619T1315Z/
WASHINGTON KY-
903 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 901 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MACKVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...

  MACKVILLE...
  JENKINSVILLE...
  TEXAS...
  POTTSVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3771 8503 3767 8504 3764 8504 3766 8517
      3767 8518 3782 8514 3780 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1302Z 282DEG 41KT 3772 8505

$$

AL

586 
WWUS53 KLMK 191316
SVSLMK

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

KYC229-191326-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110619T1315Z/
WASHINGTON KY-
916 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE COUNTY. HOWEVER OTHER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE 
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS 
LIGHTNING.

IF YOU RECEIVED DAMAGE OF ANY KIND...PLEASE RELAY THIS INFORMATION 
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3771 8503 3767 8504 3764 8504 3766 8517
      3767 8518 3782 8514 3780 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 282DEG 41KT 3772 8504

$$

AL

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, 7:11 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	34 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, 8:54 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

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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.