Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2015, 7:34 PM EDT for Boyle County, Garrard County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 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 25, 2015, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2015, 7:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Boyle County, KY, Garrard County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
081
WFUS53 KLMK 252334
TORLMK
KYC021-079-252355-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0016.150425T2334Z-150425T2355Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
734 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 755 PM EDT
* AT 730 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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 CENTRAL
GARRARD AND NORTHEASTERN BOYLE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...MARCELLUS...MARKSBURY...TODDVILLE...BOURNE...
BRYANTSVILLE...THREE FORKS...STONE...BUCKEYE...TEATERSVILLE AND
MCCREARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
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 3761 8480 3770 8483 3773 8469 3773 8471
3776 8460 3775 8461 3775 8459 3774 8459
3773 8457 3777 8454 3776 8451 3766 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 255DEG 26KT 3767 8472
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RJS2 follow-up statements
808
WWUS53 KLMK 252348
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
748 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
KYC021-252359-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T2355Z/
BOYLE KY-
748 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BOYLE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3766 8466 3773 8466 3775 8462 3774 8461
3775 8459 3774 8459 3773 8457 3775 8455
3775 8454 3777 8454 3776 8451 3766 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 255DEG 26KT 3770 8459
$$
KYC079-252355-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T2355Z/
GARRARD KY-
748 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GARRARD COUNTY
UNTIL 755 PM EDT...
AT 746 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THREE FORKS...STONE...BUCKEYE...TEATERSVILLE...MCCREARY AND NINA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
LOUISVILLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3766 8466 3773 8466 3775 8462 3774 8461
3775 8459 3774 8459 3773 8457 3775 8455
3775 8454 3777 8454 3776 8451 3766 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 255DEG 26KT 3770 8459
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RJS059
WWUS53 KLMK 252354
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
754 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
KYC079-260004-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T2355Z/
GARRARD KY-
754 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GARRARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 755
PM EDT/655 PM CDT/...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.
LAT...LON 3766 8466 3773 8466 3775 8462 3774 8461
3775 8459 3774 8459 3773 8457 3775 8455
3775 8454 3777 8454 3776 8451 3766 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 255DEG 26KT 3771 8455
$$
RJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Mercer | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 19 min |
| Apr 25, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio | 20 min |
| Apr 25, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.