Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 83, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 2:18 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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 23, 2012, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jefferson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693
WFUS53 KLMK 231818
TORLMK
KYC111-231845-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0083.120323T1818Z-120323T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
218 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
* AT 217 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FERN
CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LYNDON...
JEFFERSONTOWN...
FERN CREEK...
HIGHVIEW...
MIDDLETOWN...
FISHERVILLE...
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...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3823 8541 3822 8541 3810 8557 3814 8566
3827 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 211DEG 23KT 3815 8558
$$
AL3 follow-up statements
035 WWUS53 KLMK 231827 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 227 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 KYC111-231845- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120323T1845Z/ JEFFERSON KY- 227 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 223 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO EARLIER WITH THIS STORM SOUTH OF THE GENE SNYDER. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JEFFERSONTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... LYNDON... JEFFERSONTOWN... MIDDLETOWN... MIDDLETOWN AND LYNDON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3815 8554 3816 8560 3827 8559 3824 8544 TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 211DEG 23KT 3819 8555 $$ AL
484 WWUS53 KLMK 231831 RRA SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 231 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 KYC111-231845- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120323T1845Z/ JEFFERSON KY- 231 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 228 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JEFFERSONTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... MIDDLETOWN. 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3818 8551 3819 8558 3827 8559 3824 8544 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 211DEG 23KT 3822 8552 $$ AL
468 WWUS53 KLMK 231839 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 239 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 KYC111-231849- /O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120323T1845Z/ JEFFERSON KY- 239 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THUS THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE MOMENTARILY. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3818 8551 3819 8558 3827 8559 3824 8544 TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 211DEG 23KT 3826 8549 $$ AL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 5 min |
| Mar 23, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 14 min |
| Mar 23, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.