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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

June 4, 2014Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 7:32 PM CDT for Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8:03 PM CDT	HAIL 0.7	Plum Springs, KY	ON HWY 185

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
Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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

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The text

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

638 
WFUS53 KLMK 050032
TORLMK
KYC227-050100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0013.140605T0032Z-140605T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DELAFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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 BE NEAR...
  PLUM SPRINGS AND MOUNT VICTOR AROUND 740 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WARREN COUNTY REGIONAL
AIRPORT...GIRKIN...BRISTOW...LOVING...SUNNYSIDE...HARDCASTLE...
GOTTS...TUCKERTOWN...OAKLAND AND POLKVILLE.

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 3694 8652 3712 8639 3711 8631 3708 8628
      3709 8625 3706 8611 3700 8614 3692 8619
      3694 8620 3691 8621 3691 8623 3689 8626
      3689 8627 3688 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 287DEG 33KT 3705 8646

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

$$

EER

1 follow-up statement

308 
WWUS53 KLMK 050058
SVSLMK

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

KYC227-050108-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140605T0100Z/
WARREN KY-
758 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WARREN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900
PM EDT/800 PM CDT/...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3694 8652 3712 8639 3711 8631 3708 8628
      3709 8625 3706 8611 3700 8614 3692 8619
      3694 8620 3691 8621 3691 8623 3689 8626
      3689 8627 3688 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 287DEG 33KT 3698 8616

$$

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, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	29 min
Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	29 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.