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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY

October 7, 2014Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2014, 6:11 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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: Oct 7, 2014, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2014, 6:35 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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
Oct 7, 6:17 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Buckner, KY	OLDHAM COUNTY DISPATCH RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE COUNTY. ALSO REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
Oct 7, 6:17 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Buckner, KY	OLDHAM COUNTY DISPATCH RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE COUNTY. ALSO REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

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
Oct 7, 2:02 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

930 
WFUS53 KLMK 072211
TORLMK
KYC103-185-211-072235-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0019.141007T2211Z-141007T2235Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
611 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 635 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PROSPECT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
  LA GRANGE AROUND 625 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BROWNSBORO...DEMPLYTOWN...
GREENHAVEN...PARK LAKE...BUCKNER...RUSSELL CORNER...CENTERFIELD...
BALLARDSVILLE...LIRO AND TARASCON.

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 3845 8520 3828 8524 3837 8562 3838 8563
      3844 8560 3845 8558 3846 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 280DEG 41KT 3841 8557

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

$$

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3 follow-up statements

002 
WWUS53 KLMK 072217
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
617 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

KYC103-185-211-072235-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-141007T2235Z/
OLDHAM KY-SHELBY KY-HENRY KY-
617 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

... RADAR-INDICATED ROTATION IS BECOMING VERY STRONG OVER NORTHWEST 
OLDHAM COUNTY EAST OF GOSHEN...

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY...NORTH
CENTRAL SHELBY AND OLDHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 635 PM EDT...

AT 613 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PROSPECT...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  LA GRANGE AROUND 625 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RUSSELL CORNER...
CENTERFIELD...BALLARDSVILLE...LIRO...TARASCON...SMITHFIELD...JERICHO
AND CHESTNUT GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3845 8520 3828 8524 3837 8562 3838 8563
      3844 8560 3845 8558 3846 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 280DEG 41KT 3840 8550

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

$$

13

795 
WWUS53 KLMK 072225
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
625 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

KYC103-185-211-072235-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-141007T2235Z/
OLDHAM KY-SHELBY KY-HENRY KY-
625 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY...NORTH
CENTRAL SHELBY AND SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 635 PM EDT...

AT 623 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BUCKNER AND LA GRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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 NORTH CENTRAL
SHELBY...SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LIRO...BALLARDSVILLE...
TARASCON...JERICHO AND SMITHFIELD.

FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WALL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.

&&

LAT...LON 3838 8548 3841 8547 3842 8544 3845 8537
      3845 8520 3828 8524 3833 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 278DEG 39KT 3839 8540

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

13

808 
WWUS53 KLMK 072234
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
634 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

KYC103-185-211-072243-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-141007T2235Z/
OLDHAM KY-SHELBY KY-HENRY KY-
634 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY...NORTH CENTRAL SHELBY 
AND SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 635 PM EDT /535 PM 
CDT/...

THE ROTATION WITHIN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 
WEAKENED. HOWEVER THIS IS STILL A VERY STRONG STORM AND ROTATION MAY 
RE-STRENGTHEN. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS IF 
YOU ARE IN HENRY OR NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES AHEAD OF THIS STORM!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3838 8548 3841 8547 3842 8544 3845 8537
      3845 8520 3828 8524 3833 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 278DEG 39KT 3838 8528

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	29 min
Oct 6, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	62 min
Oct 6, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey	21 min
Oct 6, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Oldham	59 min
Oct 6, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	27 min
Oct 6, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	23 min
Oct 6, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	27 min
Oct 6, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair	46 min
Oct 6, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	32 min
Oct 6, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer	31 min
Oct 6, 9:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	30 min
Oct 6, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Rockcastle	22 min
Oct 7, 1:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Marion, Taylor	46 min
Oct 7, 2:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	18 min
Oct 7, 2:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Taylor	31 min
Oct 7, 2:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	20 min
Oct 7, 3:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Hart	42 min
Oct 7, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle	19 min
Oct 7, 3:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Green, Hart	31 min
Oct 7, 4:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green, Taylor	29 min
Oct 7, 4:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	28 min
Oct 7, 4:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green	28 min
Oct 7, 4:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Metcalfe, Russell	31 min
Oct 7, 4:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	26 min
Oct 7, 4:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	22 min
Oct 7, 5:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	13 min
Oct 7, 9:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	28 min
Oct 7, 11:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	28 min
Oct 7, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	29 min
Oct 7, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby	31 min
Oct 7, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford	30 min
Oct 7, 3:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	32 min
Oct 7, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Scott	32 min
Oct 7, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	31 min
Oct 7, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas	28 min
Oct 7, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	32 min
Oct 7, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	14 min
Oct 7, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	30 min
Oct 7, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Lincoln	19 min
Oct 7, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham	27 min
Oct 7, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	16 min
Oct 7, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	29 min
Oct 7, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas, Scott	43 min
Oct 7, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas	30 min
Oct 7, 6:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon	31 min
Oct 7, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	30 min
Oct 7, 7:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Woodford	32 min
Oct 7, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby	32 min
Oct 7, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	22 min
Oct 7, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott	25 min
Oct 7, 7:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Woodford	32 min
Oct 7, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	30 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.