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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

April 10, 20154 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2015, 4:05 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2015, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2015, 4:25 AM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Marion County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 10, 1:37 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

460 
WFUS53 KLMK 100805
TORLMK
KYC021-045-155-217-100825-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0013.150410T0805Z-150410T0825Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
405 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 425 AM EDT

* AT 402 AM EDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
  THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CAMPBELLSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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 NORTHERN
  TAYLOR...NORTHWESTERN CASEY...SOUTHERN MARION AND SOUTHWESTERN
  BOYLE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JESSIETOWN...
  NEW MARKET...PHILLIPSBURG...SALLEETOWN...GREENBRIAR...CALVARY...
  BRADFORDSVILLE AND RILEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3746 8553 3762 8488 3748 8486 3745 8486
      3731 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0805Z 238DEG 47KT 3744 8536

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$
JDG

4 follow-up statements

132 
WWUS53 KLMK 100811
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
411 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

KYC021-045-155-217-100825-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150410T0825Z/
MARION KY-TAYLOR KY-BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-
411 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CASEY...
SOUTHWESTERN BOYLE...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES
UNTIL 425 AM EDT...

AT 407 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF CAMPBELLSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEENEYVILLE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. 

HAZARD...TORNADO.

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...
NEW MARKET...MANNSVILLE...PHILLIPSBURG...CALVARY...SALLEETOWN...
GREENBRIAR...MERRIMAC...BRADFORDSVILLE...JACKTOWN...RILEY...
CHILTON...FORKLAND...MITCHELLSBURG...PEYTONS STORE...PARKSVILLE...
BUTCHERTOWN AND ELLISBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3749 8543 3762 8488 3748 8486 3745 8486
      3731 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 237DEG 47KT 3747 8531

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$
JDG

233 
WWUS53 KLMK 100814
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
414 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

KYC021-045-155-217-100825-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150410T0825Z/
MARION KY-TAYLOR KY-BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-
414 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CASEY...
SOUTHWESTERN BOYLE...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 425 AM EDT...

AT 413 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LEBANON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

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...
GREENBRIAR...MERRIMAC...BRADFORDSVILLE...JACKTOWN...RILEY...
FORKLAND...MITCHELLSBURG...CHILTON...PEYTONS STORE...PARKSVILLE...
ELLISBURG AND BUTCHERTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3732 8538 3751 8535 3762 8488 3748 8486
      3745 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 229DEG 39KT 3750 8526

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$
JDG

165 
WWUS53 KLMK 100817
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
417 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

KYC021-045-155-217-100825-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150410T0825Z/
MARION KY-TAYLOR KY-BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-
417 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CASEY...
SOUTHWESTERN BOYLE...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 425 AM EDT...

AT 415 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LEBANON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

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...
BRADFORDSVILLE...JACKTOWN...RILEY...FORKLAND...MITCHELLSBURG...
CHILTON...PEYTONS STORE...ELLISBURG...BUTCHERTOWN AND PARKSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3734 8531 3753 8526 3762 8488 3748 8486
      3745 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 229DEG 39KT 3750 8520

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$
JDG

971 
WWUS53 KLMK 100819
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
419 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

KYC021-045-155-217-100825-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150410T0825Z/
MARION KY-TAYLOR KY-BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-
419 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CASEY...
SOUTHWESTERN BOYLE...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 425 AM EDT...

AT 418 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMPBELLSVILLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

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...
SALLEETOWN...GREENBRIAR...MERRIMAC...BRADFORDSVILLE...JACKTOWN...
RILEY...CHILTON...PEYTONS STORE...FORKLAND...ELLISBURG...
BUTCHERTOWN...MITCHELLSBURG AND PARKSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3734 8529 3754 8522 3762 8488 3748 8486
      3745 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0819Z 233DEG 35KT 3742 8522

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$
JDG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 1:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	3 hr
Apr 10, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	42 min
Apr 10, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	44 min
Apr 10, 2:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Simpson	30 min
Apr 10, 2:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	29 min
Apr 10, 2:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	3 hr
Apr 10, 2:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Warren	31 min
Apr 10, 2:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	27 min
Apr 10, 3:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren	36 min
Apr 10, 3:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	46 min
Apr 10, 3:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	31 min
Apr 10, 3:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Shelby	47 min
Apr 10, 3:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	31 min
Apr 10, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson	34 min
Apr 10, 3:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe	39 min
Apr 10, 3:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	23 min
Apr 10, 3:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Marion, Taylor	29 min
Apr 10, 4:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Mercer, Spencer and 2 more	43 min
Apr 10, 4:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more	46 min
Apr 10, 4:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	27 min
Apr 10, 4:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Monroe and 1 more	58 min
Apr 10, 4:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette	2 hr
Apr 10, 4:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 4 more	27 min
Apr 10, 9:20 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.