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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

April 25, 2015Garrard County, Lincoln County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2015, 7:52 PM EDT for Garrard County, Lincoln County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. 4 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: Apr 25, 2015, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2015, 8:20 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
Apr 25, 8:08 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	2 E Berea, KY
Apr 25, 8:11 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Berea, KY
Apr 25, 8:12 PM EDT	HAIL 2	4 S Berea, KY	HAIL JUST SMALLER THAN TENNIS BALL IN SCAFFOLD CANE. RELAYED VIA TWITTER.
Apr 25, 8:12 PM EDT	HAIL 2.75	4 S Berea, KY	RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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
Apr 25, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 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

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The text

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

219 
WFUS53 KLMK 252352
TORLMK
KYC079-137-151-260020-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0017.150425T2352Z-150426T0020Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
752 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 820 PM EDT

* AT 751 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LANCASTER...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 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 NORTHEASTERN
  LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN GARRARD AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MANSE...CARTERSVILLE...
  WALLACETON...SLATE LICK...MIDDLETOWN...BEREA...BIGHILL AND DULUTH.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 8416 3752 8420 3751 8426 3753 8434
      3752 8435 3750 8435 3747 8438 3748 8444
      3747 8445 3749 8461 3759 8463 3764 8412
      3756 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 270DEG 32KT 3753 8451

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

$$

RJS

2 follow-up statements

235 
WWUS53 KLMK 260005
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
805 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

KYC137-260015-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150426T0020Z/
LINCOLN KY-
805 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3756 8416 3752 8420 3751 8426 3753 8434
      3752 8435 3750 8435 3747 8438 3748 8444
      3752 8445 3758 8444 3764 8412 3756 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 266DEG 35KT 3751 8438

$$

KYC079-151-260020-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150426T0020Z/
MADISON KY-GARRARD KY-
805 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARRARD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 820 PM EDT...

AT 802 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BRODHEAD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALLACETON...SLATE LICK...MIDDLETOWN...BEREA...BOBTOWN...BIGHILL...
DULUTH AND DREYFUS.

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 3756 8416 3752 8420 3751 8426 3753 8434
      3752 8435 3750 8435 3747 8438 3748 8444
      3752 8445 3758 8444 3764 8412 3756 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 266DEG 35KT 3751 8438

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

RJS

904 
WWUS53 KLMK 260019
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
819 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

KYC079-151-260029-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150426T0020Z/
MADISON KY-GARRARD KY-
819 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARRARD AND SOUTHEASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 820 PM EDT/720 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3756 8416 3752 8420 3751 8426 3753 8434
      3752 8435 3750 8435 3747 8438 3748 8444
      3752 8445 3758 8444 3764 8412 3756 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 266DEG 35KT 3752 8421

$$

RJS

The 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, 7:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard	21 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, 7:57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.