Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 5:24 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
- May 10, 2016, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Hartford, KY | TREES DOWN. |
| May 10, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hartford, KY | |
| May 10, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hartford, KY | |
| May 10, 6:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Ne Hartford, KY | TORNADO HAD AN 8.6 MILE PATH LENGTH AND GOT AS WIDE AS 300 YARDS. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO MULTIPLE TREES AND PROPERTIES. TORNADO ENDED 2 MILES WSW OF OLATON. MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED ON HALLS CREEK RD...WHERE EF2 DAMAGE OCCURRED. FOR FURTHER MORE DETAILED I |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
455
WFUS53 KLMK 102224
TORLMK
KYC183-102300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0011.160510T2224Z-160510T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
524 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 523 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVERMORE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
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...
HARTFORD...BEAVER DAM...CENTERTOWN...MCHENRY...SANDEFUR CROSSING...NO
CREEK...HEFLIN...COFFMAN...TAFFY AND MATANZAS.
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 3749 8712 3748 8711 3756 8704 3758 8700
3762 8691 3738 8681 3737 8710 3746 8710
3747 8712 3748 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 256DEG 27KT 3744 8719
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AMS1 follow-up statement
570
WWUS53 KLMK 102245
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
545 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
KYC183-102300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160510T2300Z/
OHIO KY-
545 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL OHIO COUNTY...
AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVERMORE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTFORD...BEAVER DAM...CENTERTOWN...SANDEFUR CROSSING...MATANZAS...BEDA...
NO CREEK...HEFLIN AND COFFMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3749 8712 3748 8711 3752 8707 3753 8699
3755 8688 3740 8682 3741 8710 3746 8710
3747 8712 3748 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 259DEG 25KT 3747 8704
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
TWFThe 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, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 20 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, 5:38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.