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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

January 17, 2012Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2012, 12:43 PM CST for Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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: Jan 17, 2012, 12:43 PM CST (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 1:15 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 587 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 687 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

223 
WFUS53 KLMK 171843
TORLMK
KYC003-009-171-171915-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0008.120117T1843Z-120117T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1243 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 115 PM CST...

* AT 1239 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 
HICKORY FLAT...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TOMPKINSVILLE...
  SCOTTSVILLE...
  FOUNTAIN RUN AND AKERSVILLE...
  FLIPPIN AND GUM TREE...
  EMBERTON AND FREETOWN...
  GRANDVIEW AND FORKTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3663 8620 3678 8620 3682 8560 3678 8559
      3677 8556 3661 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 270DEG 51KT 3672 8608

$$

AMS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 171902
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
202 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

KYC003-171911-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120117T1915Z/
ALLEN KY-
102 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN 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 3662 8596 3665 8596 3665 8595 3667 8596
      3680 8595 3682 8560 3678 8559 3677 8556
      3661 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 270DEG 51KT 3672 8576

$$

KYC009-171-171915-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120117T1915Z/
MONROE KY-BARREN KY-
102 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
BARREN AND MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 1258 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR 
PERRYTOWN. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMBERTON...MOVING 
EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TOMPKINSVILLE...
  OTIA AND BLYTHE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW!

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 3662 8596 3665 8596 3665 8595 3667 8596
      3680 8595 3682 8560 3678 8559 3677 8556
      3661 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 270DEG 51KT 3672 8576

$$

AMS

730 
WWUS53 KLMK 171915
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
115 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

KYC009-171-171925-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120117T1915Z/
MONROE KY-BARREN KY-
115 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BARREN AND MONROE COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

EASTERN PORTIONS OF MONROE COUNTY REMAIN UNDER A TORNADO WARNING.  
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WARNING FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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 3662 8596 3665 8596 3665 8595 3667 8596
      3680 8595 3682 8560 3678 8559 3677 8556
      3661 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 270DEG 51KT 3672 8551

$$

AMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 9:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	31 min
Jan 17, 9:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock	43 days
Jan 17, 9:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	26 min
Jan 17, 9:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	17 min
Jan 17, 9:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	25 min
Jan 17, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	36 min
Jan 17, 9:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	18 min
Jan 17, 10:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Jan 17, 10:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	28 min
Jan 17, 10:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	23 min
Jan 17, 10:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio	19 min
Jan 17, 10:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	26 min
Jan 17, 10:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	25 min
Jan 17, 10:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer	37 min
Jan 17, 10:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	35 min
Jan 17, 10:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	16 min
Jan 17, 10:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	18 min
Jan 17, 10:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson	31 min
Jan 17, 10:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more	23 min
Jan 17, 11:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue	24 min
Jan 17, 11:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	23 min
Jan 17, 11:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott, Woodford	31 min
Jan 17, 11:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	29 min
Jan 17, 11:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson and 1 more	36 min
Jan 17, 11:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue	33 min
Jan 17, 11:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	17 min
Jan 17, 11:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	36 min
Jan 17, 11:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren	29 min
Jan 17, 11:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	27 min
Jan 17, 11:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas	25 min
Jan 17, 11:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Warren	19 min
Jan 17, 12:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Green, Taylor	35 min
Jan 17, 12:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Simpson	33 min
Jan 17, 12:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	31 min
Jan 17, 12:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	16 min
Jan 17, 12:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	44 min
Jan 17, 12:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	25 min
Jan 17, 12:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	35 min
Jan 17, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	19 min
Jan 17, 12:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Hart, Marion, Taylor	30 min
Jan 17, 12:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	23 min
Jan 17, 12:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor	31 min
Jan 17, 1:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.