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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Louisville, KY

June 4, 2014Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 7:16 PM CDT for Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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: Jun 4, 2014, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Butler County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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
Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Nw Bowling Green, KY	SPOTTER REPORTS ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUD
Jun 4, 7:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Richardsville, KY	DISPATCH REPORTS TREES DOWN ACROSS BARREN RIVER ROAD AND POWER LINES ALSO 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
Jun 4, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 1296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

330 
WFUS53 KLMK 050016
TORLMK
KYC031-227-050045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0012.140605T0016Z-140605T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
716 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF MORGANTOWN...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
  WARREN AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...SHARER...GUY...ROCKLAND...HADLEY...BENLEO...BARREN
  RIVER...GREENCASTLE AND RICHARDSVILLE.

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 3718 8667 3718 8640 3715 8637 3693 8652
      3711 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 290DEG 19KT 3711 8668

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

EER

1 follow-up statement

426 
WWUS53 KLMK 050028
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
828 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014

KYC031-050038-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140605T0045Z/
BUTLER KY-
728 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3702 8667 3718 8661 3718 8653 3718 8648
      3715 8646 3715 8644 3717 8644 3715 8642
      3716 8641 3717 8640 3715 8637 3693 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 290DEG 19KT 3709 8656

$$

KYC227-050045-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140605T0045Z/
WARREN KY-
728 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 724 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELAFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. MULTIPLE FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE  
         BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARREN RIVER...GREENCASTLE...BLUE LEVEL...RICHARDSVILLE AND ANNA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3702 8667 3718 8661 3718 8653 3718 8648
      3715 8646 3715 8644 3717 8644 3715 8642
      3716 8641 3717 8640 3715 8637 3693 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 290DEG 19KT 3709 8656

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

EER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	30 min
Jun 4, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	30 min
Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	29 min
Jun 4, 7:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Warren	28 min
Jun 4, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	30 min
Jun 4, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	43 min
Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	44 min
Jun 4, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Warren	33 min
Jun 4, 8:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	32 min
Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren	31 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan and 4 more	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Shelby, Woodford	33 min
Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	30 min
Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford	30 min
Jun 4, 9:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Woodford	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren	29 min
Jun 4, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	39 min
Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jessamine	30 min
Jun 4, 10:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison	3 hr
Jun 4, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	46 min
Jun 4, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Barren, Logan, Metcalfe, Warren	43 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.