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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Louisville, KY

March 2, 2012Bullitt County, Hardin County, Jefferson County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:20 PM EST for Bullitt County, Hardin County, Jefferson County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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, 4:20 PM EST (21:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harrison County, IN, Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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
Mar 2, 4:28 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	Shepherdsville, KY
Mar 2, 4:35 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	Mount Washington, KY
Mar 2, 4:40 PM EST	HAIL 2.5	Mount Washington, 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, 1:02 PM EST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

437 
WFUS53 KLMK 022120
TORLMK
INC061-KYC029-093-111-022145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0055.120302T2120Z-120302T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
420 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EST...

* AT 415 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  WEST POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LOUISVILLE...
  VALLEY STATION...
  OKOLONA...
  FERN CREEK...
  FAIRDALE...
  HIGHVIEW...

WEATHER OBSERVERS REPORTED A TORNADO AT FORT KNOX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

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 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 3826 8541 3811 8543 3809 8547 3804 8550
      3788 8592 3805 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 245DEG 59KT 3800 8586

$$

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2 follow-up statements

758 
WWUS53 KLMK 022128
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
428 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC061-KYC093-022137-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/
HARRISON IN-HARDIN KY-
428 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

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 3823 8541 3811 8543 3809 8547 3804 8550
      3793 8583 3811 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 263DEG 58KT 3806 8570 3796 8573

$$

KYC029-111-022145-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/
JEFFERSON KY-BULLITT KY-
428 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
BULLITT AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 425 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION. THESE DANGEROUS
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BROOKS TO
SHEPHERDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  INTERSTATE 65 SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE ESPECIALLY IN BULLITT COUNTY...
  OKOLONA...
  FERN CREEK...
  FAIRDALE...
  HIGHVIEW...
  SHEPHERDSVILLE...

FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS! EARLIER FORT 
KNOX REPORTED A TORNADO!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. THEY DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND TO SHELTER.
IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 8541 3811 8543 3809 8547 3804 8550
      3793 8583 3811 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 263DEG 58KT 3806 8570 3796 8573

$$

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694 
WWUS53 KLMK 022132
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
432 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC029-111-022145-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120302T2145Z/
JEFFERSON KY-BULLITT KY-
432 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BULLITT AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 429 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GAP IN KNOB...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  THE MOUNT WASHINGTON AREA
  WHITFIELD...

FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH 
THIS STORM!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. THEY DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND TO SHELTER.
IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3815 8543 3811 8543 3809 8547 3804 8550
      3797 8571 3807 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 263DEG 58KT 3801 8561

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 4:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	26 min
Mar 2, 5:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion, Taylor	28 min
Mar 2, 5:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	26 min
Mar 2, 5:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Meade	64 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, 3:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	LMK	Trimble	39 min
Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	26 min
Mar 2, 3:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	35 min
Mar 2, 3:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	34 min
Mar 2, 3:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	27 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	LMK	Trimble	36 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	25 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson, Ohio	25 min
Mar 2, 3:51 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	24 min
Mar 2, 3:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	22 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, 4:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	35 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio	34 min
Mar 2, 4:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Spencer	30 min
Mar 2, 4:27 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Trimble	3 hr
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
Mar 2, 5:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford	34 min
Mar 2, 5:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Warren	32 min
Mar 2, 5:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more	31 min
Mar 2, 5:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	12 min
Mar 2, 5:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	36 min
Mar 2, 5:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington	33 min
Mar 2, 5:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Nicholas, Scott	27 min
Mar 2, 5:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	27 min
Mar 2, 5:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	25 min
Mar 2, 5:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor	9 min
Mar 2, 5:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe	23 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Taylor	35 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	15 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren	19 min
Mar 2, 5:49 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Madison	26 min
Mar 2, 5:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Washington	37 min
Mar 2, 5:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Metcalfe, Russell	34 min
Mar 2, 5:58 PM EST	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.