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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 4:35 PM CDT for Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914
WFUS53 KLMK 012135
TORLMK
KYC003-009-171-012155-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0095.120901T2135Z-120901T2155Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
435 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 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...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 455 PM CDT...
* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MOUNT ZION AND HOLLAND...
AKERSVILLE AND WALNUT HILL...
FOUNTAIN RUN AND BUGTUSSLE...
LAMB AND FLIPPIN...
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.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8589 3663 8614 3664 8616 3685 8599
3667 8572 3661 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 227DEG 29KT 3662 8606
$$
RS1 follow-up statement
281
WWUS53 KLMK 012152
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
452 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
KYC003-009-171-012202-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120901T2155Z/
MONROE KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-
452 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BARREN...SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN AND
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 455 PM CDT...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN MONROE
COUNTY...WHERE A NEW TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
LAT...LON 3662 8589 3663 8614 3664 8616 3685 8599
3667 8572 3661 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 227DEG 29KT 3671 8593
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Simpson, Warren | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Edmonson, Warren | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Hart | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Monroe | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Russell | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey, Russell | 43 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.