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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:39 PM EST for Clark County, Jefferson County, Scott County, Indiana; Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:39 PM EST (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Clark County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN, Trimble County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:40 PM EST | TORNADO | Milton, KY | |
| Mar 2, 3:41 PM EST | TORNADO | 5 S Milton, KY | EF3 TORNADO BEGAN 5 MI S OF MILTON AND LIFTED JUST EAST OF MONITOR ON COUNTY LINE |
| Mar 2, 3:41 PM EST | TORNADO | Otisco, IN | |
| Mar 2, 3:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Marysville, IN | DAMAGE REPORTED.. |
| Mar 2, 3:46 PM EST | TORNADO | Milton, KY | FIRE DEPARTMENT DAMAGED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
446
WFUS53 KLMK 022039
TORLMK
INC019-077-143-KYC223-022115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0048.120302T2039Z-120302T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
339 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TRIMBLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST...
* AT 337 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO JUST EAST OF TROUT IN TRIMBLE COUNTY KENTUCKY. A SECONDARY
AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF MEMPHIS
INDIANA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 TO 65 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
BEDFORD...
MADISON...
NEW MARKET AND MARYSVILLE...
NEW WASHINGTON AND LEXINGTON...
PAYNESVILLE AND OTTO...
SALUDA AND WISES LANDING...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3888 8520 3869 8519 3869 8521 3874 8526
3873 8532 3864 8523 3861 8522 3845 8573
3858 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 246DEG 37KT 3853 8570
$$
MJ2 follow-up statements
923
WWUS53 KLMK 022045
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
345 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC019-077-143-KYC223-022115-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120302T2115Z/
SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-TRIMBLE KY-
345 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA AND TRIMBLE
COUNTY KENTUCKY...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR
TRIMBLE...NORTHEASTERN CLARK...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN
SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 343 PM EST...KENTUCKY STATE POLICE RECENTLY REPORTED A TORNADO ON
THE GROUND NEAR MILLTOWN IN TRIMBLE COUNTY. A SECOND TORNADO THAT
WAS ON THE GROUND WAS LOCATED NEAR OTISCO. THIS STORM WILL BE
MOVING TOWARD NEW WASHINGTON INDIANA. THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE NEW WASHINGTON INDIANA AREA...SEEK
SHELTER NOW!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3888 8520 3869 8519 3869 8521 3874 8526
3873 8532 3864 8523 3861 8522 3845 8573
3858 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 246DEG 37KT 3869 8529
$$
MJ907
WWUS53 KLMK 022110
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
410 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC019-077-143-KYC223-022120-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120302T2115Z/
SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-TRIMBLE KY-
410 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TRIMBLE...NORTHEASTERN CLARK...SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM
EST...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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 3888 8520 3869 8519 3869 8521 3874 8526
3873 8532 3864 8523 3861 8522 3845 8573
3858 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 246DEG 37KT 3880 8496
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Perry | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 7:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 9:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 9:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 10:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 10:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 10:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 10:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 11:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 2:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 2:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 2:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 3:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 3:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 4:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 4:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 5:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 6:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 6:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 7:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 7:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 8:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 8:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 8:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 8:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 8:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 8:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 8:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 9:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 9:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 9:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 9:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 9:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 4:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 4:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 4:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas | 16 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 11 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 5:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 35 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.