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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:11 PM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 6 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, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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, 3:15 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 12 E Beaver Dam, KY | AT RENFROW |
| Mar 2, 3:18 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Leitchfield, KY | |
| Mar 2, 3:20 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Caneyville, KY | |
| Mar 2, 3:21 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Caneyville, KY | VACANT MOBILE HOME WAS TURNED OVER FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY AS WELL. |
| Mar 2, 3:21 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Caneyville, KY | *** 1 INJ *** |
| Mar 2, 3:22 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Caneyville, KY |
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, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
007
WFUS53 KLMK 022111
TORLMK
KYC027-085-093-183-022145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0054.120302T2111Z-120302T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
311 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 345 PM CST/445 PM EST/...
* AT 306 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDY HILL...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LEITCHFIELD...
POST AND SHORT CREEK...
HANGING ROCK AND LILAC...
SAINT PAUL AND BIG CLIFTY...
SUMMIT AND EASTVIEW...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AROUND 80 MPH
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER NOW!
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 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 3775 8596 3745 8589 3745 8604 3743 8605
3738 8656 3739 8662 3737 8665 3737 8670
3757 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 256DEG 68KT 3746 8666
$$
TWF2 follow-up statements
941
WWUS53 KLMK 022124
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
424 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC183-022133-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/
OHIO KY-
324 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OHIO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3775 8596 3745 8589 3745 8604 3743 8605
3739 8653 3762 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 256DEG 68KT 3751 8638
$$
KYC027-085-093-022145-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-
324 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST/445 PM EST/
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN...GRAYSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BRECKINRIDGE
COUNTIES...
AT 320 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR POST...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT...THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL OF GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND 70 TO
80 MPH WINDS!
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LEITCHFIELD...
SAINT PAUL AND TAR HILL...
BIG CLIFTY AND SUMMIT...
WHITE MILLS JUNCTION AND STAR MILLS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
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 3775 8596 3745 8589 3745 8604 3743 8605
3739 8653 3762 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 256DEG 68KT 3751 8638
$$
TWF380
WWUS53 KLMK 022136
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
436 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC027-022144-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-
336 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE PART OF THE STORM HAS PASSED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
COUNTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3754 8639 3772 8595 3746 8589 3745 8590
3745 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 256DEG 68KT 3754 8612
$$
KYC085-093-022145-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/
GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-
436 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST/345 PM CST/
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN AND NORTHEASTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES...
AT 329 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLARKSON...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN LEITCHFIELD
WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LEITCHFIELD...
WHITE MILLS AND HARCOURT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3754 8639 3772 8595 3746 8589 3745 8590
3745 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 256DEG 68KT 3754 8612
$$
TWFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 3:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 3:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 3:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 4:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 4:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 4:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Meade | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 5:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 6:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 6:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 7:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 7:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 7:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 7:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 7:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 7:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 7:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 8:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 8:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 8:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 8:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 8:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 2:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 2:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 2:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 2:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 2:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Spencer | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 3:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 3:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas | 16 min |
| Mar 2, 4:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 11 min |
| Mar 2, 4:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 4:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Warren | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 12 min |
| Mar 2, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Nicholas, Scott | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor | 9 min |
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Madison | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Metcalfe, Russell | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Taylor | 32 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.