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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 10:52 PM EDT for Casey County, Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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, 10:52 PM EDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Casey County, KY, Russell County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 23, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
886
WFUS53 KLMK 240252
TORLMK
KYC045-207-240315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0086.120324T0252Z-120324T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1052 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT /1015 PM CDT/...
* AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DECATUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
TEDDY AND PHIL...
LABASCUS AND CANTOWN...
GILPIN AND ARGYLE...
LAWHORN HILL AND MOUNT OLIVE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
&&
LAT...LON 3716 8507 3719 8504 3720 8505 3739 8484
3723 8473 3716 8482 3710 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 231DEG 27KT 3716 8500
$$
132 follow-up statements
576
WWUS53 KLMK 240306
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1106 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
KYC207-240316-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120324T0315Z/
RUSSELL KY-
1006 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED INTO CASEY COUNTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3720 8493 3723 8497 3726 8498 3739 8484
3723 8473 3716 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 216DEG 32KT 3727 8491
$$
KYC045-240315-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120324T0315Z/
CASEY KY-
1106 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CASEY COUNTY...
AT 1103 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CANTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MIDDLEBURG...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3720 8493 3723 8497 3726 8498 3739 8484
3723 8473 3716 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 216DEG 32KT 3727 8491
$$
13103
WWUS53 KLMK 240315
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1115 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
KYC045-240324-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120324T0315Z/
CASEY KY-
1115 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CASEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1115
PM EDT...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER
SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT.
IF YOU WITNESSED SEVERE WEATHER PLEASE REPORT IT TO LOCAL MEDIA OR
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3720 8493 3723 8497 3726 8498 3739 8484
3723 8473 3716 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 216DEG 32KT 3733 8486
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 22 min |
| Mar 23, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer, Woodford | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 11:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Mar 24, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 34 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.