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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Louisville, KY

March 2, 20124 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:56 PM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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, 4:56 PM CST (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Russell County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 5:00 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Columbia, KY	COVERED THE GROUND.
Mar 2, 5:05 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Columbia, KY
Mar 2, 5:06 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Columbia, KY	DAMAGE REPORTED AT WAL MART.
Mar 2, 5:13 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 N Russell Springs, KY
Mar 2, 5:18 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	5 N Russell Springs, 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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

433 
WFUS53 KLMK 022256
TORLMK
KYC001-045-169-207-022330-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0076.120302T2256Z-120302T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN METCALFE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST/630 PM EST/...

* AT 453 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  ROTATION AND 
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. 
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEED...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  COLUMBIA...
  FLATWOOD AND GADBERRY...
  OZARK AND CRAYCRAFT...
  SANO AND GENTRYS MILL...
  SYCAMORE FLAT AND WEBBS CROSS ROADS...

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 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 3709 8556 3730 8478 3720 8476 3712 8490
      3705 8490 3702 8488 3693 8541 3694 8545
      3693 8546 3692 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 253DEG 54KT 3703 8542

$$

AMS

4 follow-up statements

008 
WWUS53 KLMK 022304
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
504 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC001-045-169-207-022330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
METCALFE KY-RUSSELL KY-ADAIR KY-CASEY KY-
504 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST/630 PM EST/
FOR SOUTHERN CASEY...ADAIR...NORTHERN RUSSELL AND EASTERN METCALFE
COUNTIES...

AT 458 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  IN ADDITION TO THIS STORM 
BEING TORNADIC...GOLF BALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED. THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLATWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  COLUMBIA...
  GENTRYS MILL AND ROYVILLE...
  SANO AND SYCAMORE FLAT...
  DECATUR AND HONEY ACRE...
  WINDSOR AND EVONA...

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 3709 8556 3730 8478 3720 8476 3712 8490
      3705 8490 3702 8488 3693 8541 3694 8545
      3693 8546 3692 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 253DEG 54KT 3706 8528

$$

AMS

702 
WWUS53 KLMK 022308
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
508 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC001-045-169-207-022330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
METCALFE KY-RUSSELL KY-ADAIR KY-CASEY KY-
508 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST/630 PM EST/
FOR SOUTHERN CASEY...ADAIR...NORTHERN RUSSELL AND EASTERN METCALFE
COUNTIES...

AT 503 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DAMAGE TO WALMART 
IN COLUMBIA.  IN ADDITION...MULTIPLE ROOFS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN 
BARREN COUNTY NEAR GLASGOW. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
GADBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  COLUMBIA...
  WEBBS CROSS ROADS AND SANO...
  DECATUR AND HONEY ACRE...
  MINTONVILLE AND WINDSOR...
  WARE AND ARGYLE...

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 3709 8556 3730 8478 3720 8476 3712 8490
      3705 8490 3702 8488 3693 8541 3694 8545
      3693 8546 3692 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 253DEG 54KT 3708 8521

$$

AMS

038 
WWUS53 KLMK 022315
SVSLMK

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

KYC169-022324-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
METCALFE KY-
515 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN METCALFE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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 3697 8516 3717 8526 3730 8478 3720 8476
      3712 8490 3705 8490 3702 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 253DEG 54KT 3711 8508

$$

KYC001-045-207-022330-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
RUSSELL KY-ADAIR KY-CASEY KY-
515 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST/630 PM EST/
FOR SOUTHERN CASEY...EASTERN ADAIR AND NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTIES...

AT 512 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAIN WRAPPED 
TORNADO NEAR RUSSELL SPRINGS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
SANO...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  DECATUR AND HONEY ACRE...
  WINDSOR AND TEDDY...
  MINTONVILLE AND WARE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3697 8516 3717 8526 3730 8478 3720 8476
      3712 8490 3705 8490 3702 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 253DEG 54KT 3711 8508

$$

AMS

836 
WWUS53 KLMK 022332
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
532 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC001-045-207-022342-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
RUSSELL KY-ADAIR KY-CASEY KY-
532 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CASEY...EASTERN ADAIR AND
NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.  PLEASE REPORT TORNADO DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3697 8516 3717 8526 3730 8478 3720 8476
      3712 8490 3705 8490 3702 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 253DEG 54KT 3711 8506

$$

AMS

The 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 Emergency	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 Emergency	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, 3:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio	34 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, 4:58 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.