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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

January 30, 20135 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 5:57 AM EST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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: Jan 30, 2013, 5:57 AM EST (10:57 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 6:30 AM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Marion County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 30, 4:35 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -280 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

527 
WFUS53 KLMK 301057
TORLMK
KYC021-045-079-137-155-301130-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0013.130130T1057Z-130130T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
557 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 630 AM EST...

* AT 554 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAVEL SWITCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LANCASTER...
  DANVILLE...
  ALUM SPRINGS AND PARKSVILLE...
  CALDWELL MANOR AND JUNCTION CITY...
  LITTLE NEEDMORE AND CLIFTON...
  MARKSBURY AND BOURNE...

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 3763 8447 3747 8504 3759 8510 3772 8478
      3771 8475 3773 8469 3773 8471 3774 8469
      3775 8470 3778 8463 3776 8460 3775 8461
      3775 8459 3774 8459 3773 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 1058Z 245DEG 50KT 3755 8498

$$

EER

3 follow-up statements

350 
WWUS53 KLMK 301105
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
605 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

KYC045-155-301115-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1130Z/
MARION KY-CASEY KY-
605 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CASEY AND EASTERN MARION COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

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 3752 8486 3755 8485 3753 8492 3764 8497
      3772 8478 3771 8475 3773 8469 3773 8471
      3774 8469 3775 8470 3778 8463 3776 8460
      3775 8461 3775 8459 3763 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 245DEG 50KT 3759 8487

$$

KYC021-079-137-301130-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1130Z/
LINCOLN KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-
605 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN GARRARD...BOYLE AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 603 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LANCASTER...
  DANVILLE...
  JUNCTION CITY AND CALDWELL MANOR...
  CLIFTON AND LITTLE NEEDMORE...
  MARKSBURY AND MARCELLUS...
  THREE FORKS AND MCCREARY...

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 3752 8486 3755 8485 3753 8492 3764 8497
      3772 8478 3771 8475 3773 8469 3773 8471
      3774 8469 3775 8470 3778 8463 3776 8460
      3775 8461 3775 8459 3763 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 245DEG 50KT 3759 8487

$$

EER

736 
WWUS53 KLMK 301123
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
623 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

KYC021-137-301133-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1130Z/
LINCOLN KY-BOYLE KY-
623 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BOYLE AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

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 3759 8462 3764 8466 3766 8466 3765 8467
      3769 8468 3770 8470 3773 8469 3773 8471
      3774 8469 3775 8470 3778 8464 3777 8462
      3776 8460 3775 8461 3775 8459 3763 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 245DEG 50KT 3769 8458

$$

KYC079-301130-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1130Z/
GARRARD KY-
623 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN GARRARD COUNTY...

AT 621 AM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MARKSBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN GARRARD 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 3759 8462 3764 8466 3766 8466 3765 8467
      3769 8468 3770 8470 3773 8469 3773 8471
      3774 8469 3775 8470 3778 8464 3777 8462
      3776 8460 3775 8461 3775 8459 3763 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 245DEG 50KT 3769 8458

$$

EER

894 
WWUS53 KLMK 301128
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
628 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

KYC079-301137-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1130Z/
GARRARD KY-
628 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GARRARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 AM EST...

NO TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. HOWEVER...DOPPLER 
RADAR DOES INDICATE ROTATION CONTINUING WITH THIS STORM AND ANOTHER 
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED DOWNSTREAM.

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 3759 8462 3764 8466 3766 8466 3765 8467
      3769 8468 3770 8470 3773 8469 3773 8471
      3774 8469 3775 8470 3778 8464 3777 8462
      3776 8460 3775 8461 3775 8459 3763 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1127Z 245DEG 50KT 3771 8451

$$

EER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 12:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	89 min
Jan 30, 1:53 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	27 min
Jan 30, 1:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan, Ohio	58 min
Jan 30, 2:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Meade	48 min
Jan 30, 2:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	30 min
Jan 30, 2:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	47 min
Jan 30, 3:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	44 min
Jan 30, 3:02 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	28 min
Jan 30, 3:08 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	27 min
Jan 30, 3:19 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	21 min
Jan 30, 3:25 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	30 min
Jan 30, 3:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	43 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	60 min
Jan 30, 3:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	49 min
Jan 30, 4:09 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	21 min
Jan 30, 4:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart and 2 more	46 min
Jan 30, 4:20 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	30 min
Jan 30, 4:23 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	32 min
Jan 30, 4:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	44 min
Jan 30, 4:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	39 min
Jan 30, 4:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe, Warren	32 min
Jan 30, 4:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson	32 min
Jan 30, 4:54 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart	31 min
Jan 30, 5:05 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry	20 min
Jan 30, 5:06 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and 2 more	39 min
Jan 30, 5:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	31 min
Jan 30, 5:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	49 min
Jan 30, 5:11 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe	29 min
Jan 30, 5:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Larue, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor and 1 more	51 min
Jan 30, 5:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell and 1 more	40 min
Jan 30, 5:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Marion, Taylor	29 min
Jan 30, 5:53 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell	32 min
Jan 30, 5:56 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer and 2 more	39 min
Jan 30, 6:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Garrard, Lincoln	28 min
Jan 30, 6:22 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	28 min
Jan 30, 6:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison and 1 more	40 min
Jan 30, 6:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	28 min
Jan 30, 6:40 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	20 min

Nearby

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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.