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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 2016Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 4:55 PM CDT for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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: May 10, 2016, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Hart County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 10, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

782 
WFUS53 KLMK 102155
TORLMK
KYC099-102215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0010.160510T2155Z-160510T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
455 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HART COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
    
* AT 455 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MUNFORDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNFORDVILLE...MONROE...RIO...HARDYVILLE...ROWLETTS...PASCAL...MOUNT
  BEULAH...DEFRIES...WOODSONVILLE AND HINESDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3730 8595 3742 8568 3736 8568 3736 8569
      3730 8570 3729 8568 3721 8568 3721 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 262DEG 32KT 3727 8586 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJ

1 follow-up statement

685 
WWUS53 KLMK 102214
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
514 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

KYC099-102223-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160510T2215Z/
HART KY-
514 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HART COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER LARGE HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACROSS FAR EASTERN HART
COUNTY AND WESTERN GREEN COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3730 8595 3742 8568 3736 8568 3736 8569
      3730 8570 3729 8568 3721 8568 3721 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 262DEG 32KT 3727 8586 

$$

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	34 min
May 10, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	37 min
May 10, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	28 min
May 10, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Meade	47 min
May 10, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	23 min
May 10, 1:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	31 min
May 10, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin	26 min
May 10, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	15 min
May 10, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson	34 min
May 10, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue	38 min
May 10, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson	31 min
May 10, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	29 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	37 min
May 10, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson	35 min
May 10, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin	3 hr
May 10, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	33 min
May 10, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion	43 min
May 10, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	35 min
May 10, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	27 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor	42 min
May 10, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue	37 min
May 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer and 1 more	47 min
May 10, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more	38 min
May 10, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Taylor	30 min
May 10, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	44 min
May 10, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	36 min
May 10, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Ohio	36 min
May 10, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	39 min
May 10, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Marion, Taylor	29 min
May 10, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor	22 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	47 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	47 min
May 10, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Taylor	15 min
May 10, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Ohio	13 min
May 10, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	43 min
May 10, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	30 min
May 10, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	28 min
May 10, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	42 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	36 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe	33 min
May 10, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	20 min
May 10, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson	29 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green	33 min
May 10, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green, Taylor	31 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.