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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

June 10, 2013Butler County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2013, 2:51 PM CDT for Butler County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 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
Jun 10, 2013, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2013, 3:10 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Butler County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2013-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2013-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

563 
WFUS53 KLMK 101951
TORLMK
KYC031-102010-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0021.130610T1951Z-130610T2010Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
251 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 310 PM CDT

* AT 249 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORGANTOWN...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORGANTOWN...DUNBAR...LEETOWN...YOUNGTOWN...NEEDMORE AND WOODBURY.

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 3725 8684 3724 8661 3713 8662 3710 8664
      3715 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 281DEG 20KT 3718 8677

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RJS
2 follow-up statements
557 
WWUS53 KLMK 102001
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
401 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

KYC031-102010-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130610T2010Z/
BUTLER KY-
301 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY
UNTIL 310 PM CDT...

AT 258 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MORGANTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODBURY AND NEEDMORE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 8676 3724 8661 3718 8662 3717 8662
      3713 8662 3710 8664 3717 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 281DEG 20KT 3717 8670

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RJS
264 
WWUS53 KLMK 102009
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
409 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

KYC031-102020-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130610T2010Z/
BUTLER KY-
309 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3721 8676 3724 8661 3718 8662 3717 8662
      3713 8662 3710 8664 3717 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 281DEG 20KT 3716 8664

$$

RJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio30 min
Jun 9, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan46 min
Jun 9, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio18 min
Jun 9, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio29 min
Jun 9, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Logan45 min
Jun 9, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge29 min
Jun 9, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan30 min
Jun 9, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson28 min
Jun 9, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan31 min
Jun 9, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin30 min
Jun 9, 9:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Warren11 hr
Jun 9, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Grayson, Warren45 min
Jun 10, 12:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKButler, Logan3 hr
Jun 10, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland, Monroe45 min
Jun 10, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan, Simpson29 min
Jun 10, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell28 min
Jun 10, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLogan, Simpson30 min
Jun 10, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton32 min
Jun 10, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Simpson35 min
Jun 10, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen30 min
Jun 10, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart30 min
Jun 10, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson46 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler31 min
Jun 10, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Warren31 min
Jun 10, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler43 min
Jun 10, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMonroe44 min
Jun 10, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Hart28 min
Jun 10, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton, Cumberland46 min
Jun 10, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKEdmonson46 min
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Taylor44 min
Jun 10, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson42 min
Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Green, Taylor28 min
Jun 10, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Russell, Taylor30 min
Jun 10, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Russell29 min
Jun 10, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren, Monroe31 min
Jun 10, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland30 min
Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMarion30 min
Jun 10, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland28 min
Jun 10, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison30 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.