Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 99, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 8:43 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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 22, 2011, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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, 9:14 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Anchorage, KY | FUNNEL CLOUD WITH STRONG ROTATION ALOFT |
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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
058 WFUS53 KLMK 230043 TORLMK KYC111-185-211-230115- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0099.110623T0043Z-110623T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 843 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT... * AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... MIDDLETOWN... CONNER... TODDS POINT AND SIMPSONVILLE... MIDDLETOWN HEIGHTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. && LAT...LON 3836 8530 3821 8523 3819 8552 3829 8555 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 257DEG 18KT 3826 8546 $$ RS
1 follow-up statement
349
WWUS53 KLMK 230105
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
905 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
KYC111-185-230115-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110623T0115Z/
OLDHAM KY-JEFFERSON KY-
905 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3824 8525 3824 8538 3828 8540 3830 8537
3831 8533 3834 8531 3834 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 257DEG 18KT 3828 8532
$$
KYC211-230115-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110623T0115Z/
SHELBY KY-
905 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY...
AT 904 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TODDS POINT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY.
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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3824 8525 3824 8538 3828 8540 3830 8537
3831 8533 3834 8531 3834 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 257DEG 18KT 3828 8532
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| 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, 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.