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Tornado Warning 96, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 7:31 PM EDT for Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana; Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 14 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
- Jun 22, 2011, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404 WFUS53 KLMK 222331 TORLMK INC043-061-KYC111-222345- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0096.110622T2331Z-110622T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 731 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT... * AT 730 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ELIZABETH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... VALLEY STATION... SHIVELY... PLEASURE RIDGE PAR... BRIDGEPORT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3809 8578 3808 8603 3818 8605 3825 8582 TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 256DEG 24KT 3813 8595 $$ RS
2 follow-up statements
593
WWUS53 KLMK 222340
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
740 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
INC043-061-222350-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-110622T2345Z/
HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
740 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FLOYD AND EASTERN HARRISON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3814 8580 3809 8578 3811 8591 3815 8592
3819 8591 3823 8586 3825 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 256DEG 24KT 3815 8589
$$
KYC111-222345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-110622T2345Z/
JEFFERSON KY-
740 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 739 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIDGEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
VALLEY STATION...
SHIVELY...
PLEASURE RIDGE PARK...
SHIVELY...
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 3814 8580 3809 8578 3811 8591 3815 8592
3819 8591 3823 8586 3825 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 256DEG 24KT 3815 8589
$$
RS043
WWUS53 KLMK 222344
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
744 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
KYC111-222354-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-110622T2345Z/
JEFFERSON KY-
744 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM EDT...
THE SYSTEM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
TORNADIC.
TO REPORT WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3814 8580 3809 8578 3811 8591 3815 8592
3819 8591 3823 8586 3825 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 256DEG 24KT 3816 8586
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Harrison, Nicholas | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 15 min |
| Jun 22, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 20 min |
Nearby
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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.