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Tornado Warning 94, NWS Louisville, KY

July 26, 2012Anderson County, Mercer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2012, 6:31 PM EDT for Anderson County, Mercer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 13 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: Jul 26, 2012, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 6:44 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Anderson County, KY, Mercer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 26, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 1791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

357 
WFUS53 KLMK 262231
TORLMK
KYC005-167-262255-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0094.120726T2231Z-120726T2255Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
631 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 655 PM EDT...

* AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  BALLARD AND DUGANSVILLE...
  KIRKWOOD AND TERRAPIN...
  BONDVILLE AND NEVIN...
  EBENEZER...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3787 8502 3789 8505 3789 8511 3795 8514
      3801 8483 3797 8482 3797 8480 3795 8482
      3794 8479 3791 8483 3791 8480 3789 8480
      3790 8479 3786 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 267DEG 28KT 3792 8506

$$

SCHOETTMER

1 follow-up statement

290 
WWUS53 KLMK 262244
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
644 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

KYC005-167-262253-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0094.000000T0000Z-120726T2255Z/
MERCER KY-ANDERSON KY-
644 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ANDERSON AND NORTHERN MERCER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

ROTATION HAS WEAKENED WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ANDERSON AND NORTHERN 
MERCER COUNTIES UNTIL 705 PM EDT.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.

LAT...LON 3787 8502 3789 8505 3789 8511 3795 8514
      3801 8483 3797 8482 3797 8480 3795 8482
      3794 8479 3791 8483 3791 8480 3789 8480
      3790 8479 3786 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 267DEG 28KT 3792 8494

$$

SCHOETTMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin	32 min
Jul 26, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	29 min
Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	31 min
Jul 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	31 min
Jul 26, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	33 min
Jul 26, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	30 min
Jul 26, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	31 min
Jul 26, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Spencer	33 min
Jul 26, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	27 min
Jul 26, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin	29 min
Jul 26, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott	28 min
Jul 26, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	39 min
Jul 26, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford	30 min
Jul 26, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	31 min
Jul 26, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	28 min
Jul 26, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	30 min
Jul 26, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	32 min
Jul 26, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	28 min
Jul 26, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	24 min
Jul 26, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	29 min
Jul 26, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	43 min
Jul 26, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford	30 min
Jul 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	16 min
Jul 26, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue, Washington	28 min
Jul 26, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	19 min
Jul 26, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	32 min
Jul 26, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Madison	43 min
Jul 26, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	33 min
Jul 26, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue	27 min
Jul 26, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	29 min
Jul 26, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	30 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.