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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Louisville, KY

March 2, 2012Fayette County, Jessamine County, Woodford County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:39 PM EST for Fayette County, Jessamine County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2012, 4:39 PM EST (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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.

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

680 
WFUS53 KLMK 022139
TORLMK
KYC067-113-239-022215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0057.120302T2139Z-120302T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...
  JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 515 PM EST...

* AT 434 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  VETERANS PARK...
  FAYETTE MALL...
  U K ARBORETUM...
  DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL...
  BRYAN STATION...
  BRANNON AND SOUTH ELKHORN...
  FENWICK AND COLUMBUS...
  AVON...

LARGE HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL SO TAKE SHELTER NOW!

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 3774 8457 3779 8464 3780 8461 3781 8466
      3779 8465 3783 8472 3786 8469 3785 8475
      3791 8478 3789 8480 3815 8469 3815 8465
      3811 8463 3816 8452 3817 8442 3806 8428
      3802 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 232DEG 73KT 3791 8461

$$

AL

1 follow-up statement

850 
WWUS53 KLMK 022200 RRA
SVSLMK

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

KYC067-113-239-022210-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120302T2215Z/
JESSAMINE KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-
500 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FAYETTE...EASTERN WOODFORD AND JESSAMINE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE REGION AND CAUTION SHOULD BE USED.

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 3774 8457 3779 8464 3780 8461 3781 8466
      3779 8465 3783 8472 3786 8469 3785 8475
      3791 8478 3789 8480 3815 8469 3815 8465
      3811 8463 3816 8452 3817 8442 3806 8428
      3802 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 232DEG 73KT 3817 8418

$$

SCHOETTMER

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, 4:34 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, 4:41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.