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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2015, 7:25 PM CDT for Edmonson County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2015, 7:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Edmonson County, KY, Hart County, KY
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, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206
WFUS53 KLMK 260025
TORLMK
KYC061-099-260055-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0018.150426T0025Z-150426T0055Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
725 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 755 PM CDT
* AT 724 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE...AND 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...
MUNFORDVILLE AROUND 750 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOCKHOLM...DOGCREEK...BEE...
BIG WINDY...ROSEBURG...WINESAP...CUB RUN...MACON...TOM JOHNS CROSSING
AND NORTHTOWN.
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 3726 8628 3733 8627 3733 8620 3734 8619
3733 8617 3734 8612 3733 8612 3733 8610
3734 8610 3738 8572 3716 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 273DEG 39KT 3729 8623
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
132 follow-up statements
950
WWUS53 KLMK 260041
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
841 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
KYC061-260051-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150426T0055Z/
EDMONSON KY-
741 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EDMONSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3722 8605 3733 8615 3734 8612 3733 8612
3733 8610 3734 8610 3738 8572 3716 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 274DEG 30KT 3729 8607
$$
KYC099-260055-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150426T0055Z/
HART KY-
741 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HART COUNTY UNTIL 755 PM
CDT...
AT 740 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF MUNFORDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 BE NEAR...
MUNFORDVILLE AROUND 755 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NORTHTOWN...LOGSDON VALLEY...
FORESTVILLE...MOUNT BEULAH...KESSINGER...LEITCHFIELD CROSSING...
WOODSONVILLE...ROWLETTS AND HINESDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 8605 3733 8615 3734 8612 3733 8612
3733 8610 3734 8610 3738 8572 3716 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 274DEG 30KT 3729 8607
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
13536
WWUS53 KLMK 260052
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
852 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
KYC099-260102-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150426T0055Z/
HART KY-
752 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HART COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 755 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE
THREAT OF A TORNADO.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3722 8605 3733 8615 3734 8612 3733 8612
3733 8610 3734 8610 3738 8572 3716 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 274DEG 30KT 3728 8595
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Mercer | 18 min |
| Apr 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 19 min |
| Apr 25, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Russell | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 32 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.