Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 98, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2012, 4:47 PM EDT for Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 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 5, 2012, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2012, 5:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Shelby County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
815
WFUS53 KLMK 052047
TORLMK
KYC211-052105-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0098.120905T2047Z-120905T2105Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
447 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 505 PM EDT...
* AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
ELMBURG...
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 3830 8498 3829 8499 3828 8500 3824 8517
3830 8519 3834 8501 3833 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 255DEG 30KT 3828 8512
$$
RS2 follow-up statements
121
WWUS53 KLMK 052054
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
454 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
KYC211-052105-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120905T2105Z/
SHELBY KY-
454 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 505 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY...
AT 453 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR OLD CHRISTIANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3830 8513 3833 8500 3833 8499 3830 8498
3828 8500 3824 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 261DEG 34KT 3827 8506
$$
RS245
WWUS53 KLMK 052104
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
504 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
KYC211-052114-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120905T2105Z/
SHELBY KY-
504 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
505 PM EDT...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO 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 AND GUSTY WINDS.
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 3830 8513 3833 8500 3833 8499 3830 8498
3828 8500 3824 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 261DEG 34KT 3828 8495
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade, Ohio | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Butler, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Ohio | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 4:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 116 min |
| Sep 5, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Warren | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Warren | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bourbon | 117 min |
| Sep 5, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine, Scott | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell and 1 more | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer and 1 more | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 7:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Madison | 58 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.