Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 97, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2012, 1:50 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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 2, 2012, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2012, 2:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Green County, KY, Larue County, KY, Marion County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Taylor County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569
WFUS53 KLMK 021850
TORLMK
KYC087-123-155-179-217-021920-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0097.120902T1850Z-120902T1920Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
250 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 320 PM EDT/220 PM CDT/...
* AT 146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
GINSENG AND BADGER...
MAPLE...
STILES AND ATTILLA...
GLEANINGS AND HOWARDSTOWN...
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 3740 8563 3742 8566 3744 8570 3746 8574
3771 8554 3757 8532 3737 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 220DEG 14KT 3747 8561
$$
MJ2 follow-up statements
990
WWUS53 KLMK 021905
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
305 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012
KYC087-123-155-179-217-021920-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120902T1920Z/
LARUE KY-MARION KY-NELSON KY-TAYLOR KY-GREEN KY-
305 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 320 PM EDT/220 PM CDT/
FOR NORTHWESTERN GREEN...NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR...SOUTHERN NELSON...
NORTHWESTERN MARION AND EASTERN LARUE COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GINSENG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
STILES AND ATTILLA...
HOWARDSTOWN...
GLEANINGS AND RAYWICK...
ADDITIONAL ROTATIONS ARE INDICATED BY RADAR WITHIN THE TORNADO
WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS OR BRIEF TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN GREEN COUNTY AND WESTERN MARION COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3740 8563 3742 8566 3744 8570 3746 8574
3771 8554 3757 8532 3737 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 220DEG 14KT 3751 8557
$$
RS169
WWUS53 KLMK 021917
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
317 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012
KYC087-123-155-179-217-021927-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120902T1920Z/
LARUE KY-MARION KY-NELSON KY-TAYLOR KY-GREEN KY-
317 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREEN...NORTHWESTERN
TAYLOR...SOUTHERN NELSON...NORTHWESTERN MARION AND EASTERN LARUE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 320 PM EDT/220 PM CDT/...
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 3740 8563 3742 8566 3744 8570 3746 8574
3771 8554 3757 8532 3737 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 220DEG 14KT 3755 8553
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Warren | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart, Larue | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Simpson, Warren | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Marion, Washington | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Monroe and 2 more | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott, Woodford | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Lincoln, Russell | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 25 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.