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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Louisville, KY

March 2, 2012Bullitt County, Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:34 PM EST for Bullitt County, Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min. 7 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, 4:34 PM EST (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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, 4:35 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	Mount Washington, KY
Mar 2, 4:40 PM EST	HAIL 2.5	Mount Washington, KY
Mar 2, 4:43 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 70	Elk Creek, KY
Mar 2, 4:55 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	Taylorsville, KY
Mar 2, 5:00 PM EST	HAIL 1	Waddy, KY
Mar 2, 5:02 PM EST	HAIL 1	Waddy, KY
Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	Waddy, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.

157 
WFUS53 KLMK 022134
TORLMK
KYC029-211-215-022200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0056.120302T2134Z-120302T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 500 PM EST...

* AT 429 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAP IN KNOB...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TAYLORSVILLE...
  WATERFORD AND CRENSHAW...
  YODER AND NORMANDY...
  RIVALS AND LITTLE MOUNT...
  SOUTHVILLE AND MOUNT EDEN...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3811 8504 3809 8505 3807 8505 3805 8508
      3797 8547 3799 8549 3796 8553 3792 8572
      3806 8570 3808 8561 3808 8555 3813 8542
      3822 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 255DEG 55KT 3802 8558

$$

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3 follow-up statements

829 
WWUS53 KLMK 022139
SVSLMK

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

KYC029-211-215-022200-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120302T2200Z/
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-BULLITT KY-
439 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BULLITT...SPENCER AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 434 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MOUNT WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TAYLORSVILLE...
  YODER AND RIVALS...
  SOUTHVILLE AND MOUNT EDEN...
  WADDY AND HEMP RIDGE...

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 3811 8504 3806 8506 3805 8508 3797 8546
      3799 8549 3796 8553 3794 8566 3808 8563
      3808 8555 3811 8544 3813 8542 3822 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 253DEG 67KT 3805 8544

$$

13

994 
WWUS53 KLMK 022142
SVSLMK

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

KYC029-211-215-022200-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120302T2200Z/
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-BULLITT KY-
442 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BULLITT...SPENCER AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 439 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 WHITFIELD TO
WATERFORD...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TAYLORSVILLE...
  HOOPER AND SOUTHVILLE...
  CLAY VILLAGE AND JUNTE...

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 3811 8504 3806 8507 3797 8546 3799 8549
      3797 8553 3798 8556 3801 8555 3809 8552
      3811 8544 3813 8542 3822 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 253DEG 67KT 3812 8537 3804 8539

$$

13

793 
WWUS53 KLMK 022151
SVSLMK

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

KYC029-022200-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120302T2200Z/
BULLITT KY-
451 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BULLITT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

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 3811 8504 3806 8507 3799 8537 3801 8540
      3806 8537 3808 8534 3811 8530 3817 8527
      3822 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 250DEG 53KT 3805 8526

$$

KYC211-215-022200-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120302T2200Z/
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-
451 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN SPENCER AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 448 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LAKE TAYLORSVILLE...
  MOUNT EDEN AND SOUTHVILLE...
  JUNTE AND HARRISONVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE DAMAGING TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3811 8504 3806 8507 3799 8537 3801 8540
      3806 8537 3808 8534 3811 8530 3817 8527
      3822 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 250DEG 53KT 3805 8526

$$

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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, 4:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	25 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, 4:37 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

Nearby

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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.