Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 97, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 8:03 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min. 4 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 22, 2011, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jefferson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 22, 8:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Louisville, KY | SEVERAL REPORTS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES OF DAMAGE NEAR CHURCHILL DOWNS |
| Jun 22, 8:04 PM EDT | TORNADO | Louisville, KY | EF-2 DAMAGED SOME BARNS AT CHURCHILL DOWN AND DAMAGED AN ONSITE CHURCH |
| Jun 22, 8:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Louisville, KY | POWER LINES DOWN...ARCHING OCCURRING...POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR CHURCHILL DOWNS |
| Jun 22, 8:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Louisville, KY | EQUIPMENT RENTAL BUSINESS AT CENTRAL AND FLOYD ROADS HAVE REPORTED DAMAGE INCLUDING WALLS CAVED IN AND ROOF TORN OFF... HIGH VOLTAGE LINES DOWN AS WELL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923 WFUS53 KLMK 230003 TORLMK KYC111-230030- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0097.110623T0003Z-110623T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 803 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT... * AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHIVELY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 3831 8561 3819 8558 3816 8581 3822 8584 TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 255DEG 20KT 3820 8577 $$ RS
1 follow-up statement
495 WWUS53 KLMK 230013 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 813 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 KYC111-230030- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110623T0030Z/ JEFFERSON KY- 813 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DEBRIS WAS REPORTED IN THE CHURCHILL DOWNS AREA. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... ST. MATTHEWS... LOUISVILLE BOWMAN FIELD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. && LAT...LON 3821 8559 3819 8576 3824 8578 3831 8561 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 235DEG 17KT 3822 8573 $$ RS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 20 min |
| Jun 22, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 14 min |
| Jun 22, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 9:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 9:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 9:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 9:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 10:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 3:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 3:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 1:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 20 min |
| Jun 23, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 21 min |
| Jun 23, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 21 min |
| Jun 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 22 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.