Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 85, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 3:40 PM EDT for Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 5 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, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Trimble County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
419
WFUS53 KLMK 231940
TORLMK
KYC223-231945-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0085.120323T1940Z-120323T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
340 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN TRIMBLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
* AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN TRIMBLE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TRIMBLE COUNTY.
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 3864 8523 3863 8522 3861 8521 3858 8521
3856 8524 3860 8529 3865 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 208DEG 22KT 3862 8523
$$
AMS1 follow-up statement
125
WWUS53 KLMK 231946
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
346 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
KYC223-231957-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120323T1945Z/
TRIMBLE KY-
346 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN TRIMBLE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3864 8523 3863 8522 3861 8521 3858 8521
3856 8524 3860 8529 3865 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 208DEG 22KT 3862 8523
$$
AMSThe 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, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 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, 3:56 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.