Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 4:09 AM EST for Harrison County, Indiana; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 21 min. 6 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, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harrison County, IN, Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Meade County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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, 4:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Valley Station, KY | TREES BLOCKING PENDLETON ROAD |
| Jan 30, 4:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Elizabeth, IN | BUILDINGS DAMAGED |
| Jan 30, 4:16 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne West Point, KY | A PONTOON BOAT WAS THROWN ONTO A FENCE AND A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED. A LARGE PLASTIC SIGN WAS ALSO DAMAGED. |
| Jan 30, 4:17 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 E Elizabeth, IN | FOUR HOMES AND TWO BARNS WERE DAMAGED ALONG HWY 111...THE PORCH OF ONE HOME WAS LIFTED AND THROWN 30 FEET...THE WALLS OF ONE OF THE BARNS COLLAPSED IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED. EF0 |
| Jan 30, 4:17 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 Nw Valley Station, KY | A TORNADO CROSSED THE OHIO RIVER INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY AND DOWNED MANY SOFTWOOD TREES...A PINE TREE WAS SNAPPED AND A TRAMPOLINE WAS BLOWN OVER. EF0 |
| Jan 30, 4:19 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Valley Station, KY | PINE TREE SNAPPED... LOTS OF SOFTWOODS DAMAGED... TRAMPOLINE BLOWN OVER... DEBRIS IN THE AREA |
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, 10:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
478 WFUS53 KLMK 300909 TORLMK INC061-KYC029-093-111-163-300930- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0008.130130T0909Z-130130T0930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 409 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... EASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 430 AM EST... * AT 407 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUGHES LANDING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... VALLEY STATION... BRANDENBURG... CUPIO AND WEST POINT... BARRALLTON... GAP IN KNOB... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. 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 3800 8618 3818 8591 3802 8568 3787 8603 TIME...MOT...LOC 0909Z 245DEG 50KT 3797 8600 $$ RAS
1 follow-up statement
209
WWUS53 KLMK 300918
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
418 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
KYC163-300927-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130130T0930Z/
MEADE KY-
418 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MEADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO HARDIN AND
HARRISON COUNTIES.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
LAT...LON 3802 8568 3789 8598 3800 8600 3805 8606
3818 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 245DEG 50KT 3802 8587
$$
INC061-KYC029-093-111-300930-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130130T0930Z/
HARRISON IN-JEFFERSON KY-BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY-
418 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
HARDIN...NORTHWESTERN BULLITT...SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTIES...
AT 416 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CUPIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
VALLEY STATION...
GAP IN KNOB...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 3802 8568 3789 8598 3800 8600 3805 8606
3818 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 245DEG 50KT 3802 8587
$$
RASThe 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 | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 89 min |
| Jan 30, 12:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 1:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 27 min |
| Jan 30, 2:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 2:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 32 min |
| Jan 30, 2:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange, Perry | 28 min |
| Jan 30, 2:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 30 min |
| Jan 30, 2:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 2:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 2:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 21 min |
| Jan 30, 3:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Perry | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 3:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 21 min |
| Jan 30, 3:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 60 min |
| Jan 30, 3:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 60 min |
| Jan 30, 4:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 30 min |
| Jan 30, 4:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 1:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 58 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, 3:25 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, 3:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 4:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart and 2 more | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 4:23 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, 4:38 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, 5:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion | 33 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 |
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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.