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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

February 20, 2014Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 7:28 PM CST for Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 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: Feb 20, 2014, 7:28 PM CST (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 7:50 PM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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
Feb 20, 7:37 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	2 Se Bowling Green, KY	BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 22 ON I-65.
Feb 20, 7:37 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	2 Ese Bowling Green, KY	BETWEEN MILE MARKER 20 AND 22 ON I-65.
Feb 20, 7:37 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	2 Se Bowling Green, KY	BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 22 ON I-65.
Feb 20, 7:57 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 57	Bowling Green, KY

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
Feb 20, 5:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

305 
WFUS53 KLMK 210128
TORLMK
KYC213-227-210150-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0001.140221T0128Z-140221T0150Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
728 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 750 PM CST

* AT 723 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEMPHIS JUNCTION...THREE SPRINGS...CRESTMOOR...GREENWOOD...MOUNT
  VICTOR...PLUM SPRINGS...RICH POND...MATLOCK...DRAKE...PLANO...
  BOYCE...WARREN COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT...ALVATON...GREENHILL...
  HARDCASTLE...BRISTOW...MOTLEY AND GOTTS.

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 A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3687 8666 3688 8664 3688 8662 3690 8662
      3704 8633 3690 8624 3689 8627 3687 8626
      3685 8630 3678 8661
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 245DEG 40KT 3685 8654

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

$$

SCHOETTMER

2 follow-up statements

883 
WWUS53 KLMK 210143
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
843 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

KYC213-227-210150-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T0150Z/
SIMPSON KY-WARREN KY-
743 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WARREN AND NORTH
CENTRAL SIMPSON COUNTIES UNTIL 750 PM CST...

AT 740 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR THREE SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARDCASTLE...BRISTOW...MOTLEY AND GOTTS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3687 8666 3688 8664 3688 8662 3690 8662
      3704 8633 3690 8624 3689 8627 3687 8626
      3685 8630 3678 8661
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 245DEG 40KT 3692 8634

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

$$

SCHOETTMER

644 
WWUS53 KLMK 210148
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
848 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

KYC213-227-210158-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T0150Z/
SIMPSON KY-WARREN KY-
748 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WARREN AND NORTH CENTRAL SIMPSON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 850 PM EST/750 PM CST/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3687 8666 3688 8664 3688 8662 3690 8662
      3704 8633 3690 8624 3689 8627 3687 8626
      3685 8630 3678 8661
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 245DEG 40KT 3694 8629

$$

SCHOETTMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 20, 6:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart	24 min
Feb 20, 6:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	29 min
Feb 20, 7:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson, Warren	30 min
Feb 20, 7:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	32 min
Feb 20, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson, Warren	32 min
Feb 20, 7:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	29 min
Feb 20, 7:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	33 min
Feb 20, 7:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	28 min
Feb 20, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe	28 min
Feb 20, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Warren	19 min
Feb 20, 8:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren	30 min
Feb 20, 8:35 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Trimble	3 hr
Feb 20, 8:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Monroe	19 min
Feb 20, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	29 min
Feb 20, 9:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	28 min
Feb 20, 9:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 2 more	32 min
Feb 20, 9:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	30 min
Feb 20, 9:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin	28 min
Feb 20, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	28 min
Feb 20, 9:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln	32 min
Feb 20, 9:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	32 min
Feb 20, 9:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell	21 min
Feb 20, 9:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Trimble	30 min
Feb 20, 9:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 2 more	28 min
Feb 20, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	32 min
Feb 20, 9:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton	21 min
Feb 20, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer	32 min
Feb 20, 10:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	23 min
Feb 20, 10:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas	26 min
Feb 20, 10:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson and 1 more	31 min
Feb 20, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Garrard, Madison	24 min
Feb 20, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby	29 min
Feb 20, 10:26 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	29 min
Feb 20, 10:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Anderson, Boyle, Green, Jessamine, Marion and 3 more	28 min
Feb 20, 10:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford	44 min
Feb 20, 11:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Garrard, Jessamine and 3 more	44 min
Feb 21, 11:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	21 hr

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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.