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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

January 30, 2013Butler County, Grayson County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 2:25 AM CST for Butler County, Grayson County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. 4 reports 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: Jan 30, 2013, 2:25 AM CST (08:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 2:55 AM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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
Jan 30, 2:30 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	7 Nw Caneyville, KY	FARM BUILDINGS DAMAGED...ONE ROOF GONE
Jan 30, 2:35 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Yeaman, KY	TREES DOWN
Jan 30, 2:37 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	7 N Caneyville, KY	TREES DOWN
Jan 30, 2:45 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Leitchfield, KY	TREE DOWN

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

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 29, 9:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

271 
WFUS53 KLMK 300825
TORLMK
KYC031-085-183-300855-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0007.130130T0825Z-130130T0855Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 255 AM CST...

* AT 221 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAIZETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LEITCHFIELD...
  DO STOP AND STEFF...
  POST AND PINE KNOB...
  LILAC AND DUFF...
  HANGING ROCK AND WEST CLIFTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 70 MPH 
ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER NOW!

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 3743 8680 3759 8653 3759 8644 3759 8645
      3757 8641 3757 8636 3756 8636 3756 8635
      3758 8635 3757 8620 3756 8619 3757 8617
      3756 8615 3757 8611 3745 8605 3728 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 236DEG 62KT 3738 8666

$$

TWF

2 follow-up statements

740 
WWUS53 KLMK 300843
SVSLMK

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

KYC183-300852-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130130T0855Z/
OHIO KY-
243 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OHIO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. NO SEVERE 
WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS 
TIME.

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 3748 8656 3756 8658 3759 8653 3759 8644
      3759 8645 3758 8644 3756 8635 3758 8635
      3757 8620 3756 8619 3757 8617 3756 8614
      3757 8611 3745 8605 3730 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 236DEG 62KT 3754 8635

$$

KYC031-085-300855-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130130T0855Z/
BUTLER KY-GRAYSON KY-
243 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 255 AM CST FOR GRAYSON
AND NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 239 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS 
LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF DUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LEITCHFIELD...
  WEST CLIFTY...
  TAR HILL AND SAINT PAUL...

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 3748 8656 3756 8658 3759 8653 3759 8644
      3759 8645 3758 8644 3756 8635 3758 8635
      3757 8620 3756 8619 3757 8617 3756 8614
      3757 8611 3745 8605 3730 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 236DEG 62KT 3754 8635

$$

TWF

446 
WWUS53 KLMK 300856
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
256 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

KYC031-085-300905-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130130T0855Z/
BUTLER KY-GRAYSON KY-
256 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRAYSON AND NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NOT 
CURRENTLY TORNADIC. HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND A 
TORNADO WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT. 

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 3748 8656 3756 8658 3759 8653 3759 8644
      3759 8645 3758 8644 3756 8635 3758 8635
      3757 8620 3756 8619 3757 8617 3756 8614
      3757 8611 3745 8605 3730 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 236DEG 62KT 3755 8633

$$

RAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 11:26 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	89 min
Jan 30, 12:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	27 min
Jan 30, 12:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan, Ohio	58 min
Jan 30, 1:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Meade	48 min
Jan 30, 1:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	30 min
Jan 30, 1:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	47 min
Jan 30, 2:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	44 min
Jan 30, 2:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	28 min
Jan 30, 2:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	27 min
Jan 30, 2:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	21 min
Jan 30, 2:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	43 min
Jan 30, 2:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	60 min
Jan 30, 2:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	49 min
Jan 30, 3:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	21 min
Jan 30, 3:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart and 2 more	46 min
Jan 30, 3:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	30 min
Jan 30, 3:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	32 min
Jan 30, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	44 min
Jan 30, 3:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	39 min
Jan 30, 3:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe, Warren	32 min
Jan 30, 3:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson	32 min
Jan 30, 3:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart	31 min
Jan 30, 4:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry	20 min
Jan 30, 4:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and 2 more	39 min
Jan 30, 4:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	31 min
Jan 30, 4:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	49 min
Jan 30, 4:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe	29 min
Jan 30, 4:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Larue, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor and 1 more	51 min
Jan 30, 4:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell and 1 more	40 min
Jan 30, 4:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Marion, Taylor	29 min
Jan 30, 4:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell	32 min
Jan 30, 4:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer and 2 more	39 min
Jan 30, 4:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion	33 min
Jan 30, 5:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Garrard, Lincoln	28 min
Jan 30, 5:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	28 min
Jan 30, 5:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison and 1 more	40 min
Jan 30, 5:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	28 min
Jan 30, 5:40 AM CST	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.