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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

February 20, 2014Allen County, Simpson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 7:31 PM CST for Allen County, Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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: Feb 20, 2014, 7:31 PM CST (01:31 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Allen County, KY, Simpson County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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
Feb 20, 8:05 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 64	4 Sw Franklin, 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 71 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

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The text

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

067 
WFUS53 KLMK 210131
TORLMK
KYC003-213-210200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0002.140221T0131Z-140221T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 728 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PORTLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSVILLE...PEDEN MILL...HICKORY FLAT...BORNES FORD...HIGHLAND...
  EUBANKS FORD...GOLD CITY...NEW ROE...MCELROY FORD...CLARE...MOUNT
  AERIAL...ALONZO...FLEET...POPE...ADOLPHUS...CHAPEL HILL...RED
  HILL...BUTLERSVILLE...PETROLEUM AND WEST FORK.

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 3665 8636 3665 8652 3663 8657 3665 8659
      3664 8662 3673 8665 3683 8606 3681 8607
      3680 8605 3678 8604 3677 8605 3675 8599
      3669 8596 3663 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 242DEG 53KT 3662 8652

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

$$

SCHOETTMER

1 follow-up statement

938 
WWUS53 KLMK 210152
SVSLMK

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

KYC003-213-210200-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0200Z/
SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-
752 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN
SIMPSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST...

AT 749 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTTSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAK FOREST...HOLLAND...MOUNT ZION...WALNUT HILL AND MAYNARD.

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 3665 8636 3665 8652 3663 8657 3665 8659
      3664 8662 3673 8665 3683 8606 3681 8607
      3680 8605 3678 8604 3677 8605 3675 8599
      3669 8596 3663 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 242DEG 53KT 3677 8616

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

$$

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, 7:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Simpson, Warren	22 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.