Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012

Tornado Warning 96, NWS Louisville, KY

September 1, 2012Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 4:51 PM CDT for Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 1, 2012, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 1, 5:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Mud Lick, KY	POWER LINE DOWN ON COUNTY HOUSE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

265 
WFUS53 KLMK 012151
TORLMK
KYC171-012215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0096.120901T2151Z-120901T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
451 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AKERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TOMPKINSVILLE...
  FLIPPIN...
  FREETOWN AND GAMALIEL...
  HARLAN CROSSROADS AND FORKTON...
  GRANDVIEW AND HESTAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...STRONG
ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON
THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. MOVE INDOORS TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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.

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 3661 8554 3662 8588 3662 8595 3665 8596
      3666 8595 3670 8597 3682 8566 3661 8551
      3661 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 252DEG 29KT 3664 8592

$$

RS

1 follow-up statement

947 
WWUS53 KLMK 012212
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
512 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

KYC171-012223-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-120901T2215Z/
MONROE KY-
512 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...

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.

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 3661 8554 3662 8588 3662 8595 3665 8596
      3666 8595 3670 8597 3682 8566 3661 8551
      3661 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 252DEG 29KT 3669 8571

$$

RS

The 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, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	20 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

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2012 Every tornado warning in 2012 Tornadoes in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.