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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2015Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2015, 3:23 PM CDT for Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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
Jun 19, 2015, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2015, 3:50 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 3:40 PM CDTTORNADO4 Nnw Tell City, INSURVEY TEAM LOCATED A SMALL TORNADO ROUGHLY 1 MILE EAST NORTHEAST OF TROY. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO AN AREA APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF A MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL SOFT AND HARDWOOD TREE DAMAGE IN AN AREA EAST OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, IN A F
Jun 19, 3:40 PM CDTTORNADO4 Nnw Tell City, INSURVEY TEAM LOCATED A SMALL TORNADO ROUGHLY 1 MILE EAST NORTHEAST OF TROY. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO AN AREA APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF A MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL SOFT AND HARDWOOD TREE DAMAGE IN AN AREA EAST OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, IN A F

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2015-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1388 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2015-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

963 
WFUS53 KLMK 192023
TORLMK
INC123-KYC091-192050-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0019.150619T2023Z-150619T2050Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
323 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 350 PM CDT

* AT 320 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANDVIEW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  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 NORTHWESTERN
  HANCOCK AND WEST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...ADAIR AND TROY.

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 3794 8691 3799 8686 3801 8680 3801 8678
      3808 8678 3809 8677 3812 8681 3802 8666
      3790 8690 3793 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 230DEG 14KT 3796 8689

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

$$

RJS
2 follow-up statements
230 
WWUS53 KLMK 192029
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
429 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

INC123-KYC091-192050-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150619T2050Z/
PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-
329 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HANCOCK AND
WEST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 350 PM CDT...

AT 328 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TELL CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
TROY.

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 3796 8689 3799 8686 3801 8680 3801 8678
      3808 8678 3809 8677 3812 8681 3802 8666
      3791 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 243DEG 18KT 3798 8684

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

$$

RJS
648 
WWUS53 KLMK 192046
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
446 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

INC123-KYC091-192056-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150619T2050Z/
PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-
346 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HANCOCK AND WEST CENTRAL
PERRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 450 PM EDT/350 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF HANCOCK 
COUNTY. A NEW WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PERRY COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3796 8689 3799 8686 3801 8680 3801 8678
      3808 8678 3809 8677 3812 8681 3802 8666
      3791 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 243DEG 18KT 3802 8675

$$

RJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Casey and 27 more35 hr
Jun 19, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison29 min
Jun 19, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark29 min
Jun 19, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin, Larue31 min
Jun 19, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson29 min
Jun 19, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Garrard, Madison44 min
Jun 19, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson31 min
Jun 19, 4:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison3 hr
Jun 19, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby32 min
Jun 19, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade25 min
Jun 19, 5:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison3 hr
Jun 19, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren31 min
Jun 19, 9:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKJefferson3 hr
Jun 19, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKPerry30 min
Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford32 min
Jun 19, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Perry32 min
Jun 19, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison24 min
Jun 19, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison31 min
Jun 19, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott46 min
Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois31 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.