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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

July 2, 2015Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2015, 5:10 PM CDT for Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 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: Jul 2, 2015, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2015, 5:29 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

173 
WFUS53 KLMK 022210
TORLMK
KYC009-171-022240-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0022.150702T2210Z-150702T2240Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
510 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 540 PM CDT

* AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF GLASGOW...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 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 NORTH
  CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARREN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOUNT HERMON...NOBOB...SULPHUR LICK...MUD
  LICK...FORKTON AND ROCKBRIDGE.

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 3668 8577 3684 8599 3697 8586 3690 8574
      3684 8574 3684 8563 3683 8561 3682 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 307DEG 12KT 3686 8586

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MJ

1 follow-up statement

567 
WWUS53 KLMK 022229
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
629 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

KYC009-171-022239-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150702T2240Z/
MONROE KY-BARREN KY-
529 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARREN AND NORTH CENTRAL
MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.  
HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.

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

LAT...LON 3668 8577 3684 8599 3697 8586 3690 8574
      3684 8574 3684 8563 3683 8561 3682 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 307DEG 12KT 3682 8580

$$

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 9:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	53 hr
Jul 2, 2:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Ohio	3 hr
Jul 2, 3:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	30 min
Jul 2, 5:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Simpson, Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Woodford	45 min
Jul 2, 9:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	3 hr
Jul 2, 1:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio, Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Scott	3 hr
Jul 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Barren, Casey, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 2, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	45 min
Jul 2, 3:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Logan, Ohio and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 2, 3:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Hart and 2 more	4 hr
Jul 2, 4:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Hart, Larue, Lincoln and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe	32 min
Jul 2, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	43 min
Jul 2, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	39 min
Jul 2, 6:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe	3 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.