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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 2016Ohio County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 5:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Hartford, KYTREES DOWN.
May 10, 5:50 PM CDTHAIL 1Hartford, KY
May 10, 5:50 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Hartford, KY
May 10, 6:06 PM CDTTORNADO1 Ne Hartford, KYTORNADO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
May 10, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 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 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

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

$$

AMS
1 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

$$

TWF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock34 min
May 10, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio37 min
May 10, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHancock, Ohio28 min
May 10, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Meade47 min
May 10, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock23 min
May 10, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge31 min
May 10, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin26 min
May 10, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge15 min
May 10, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson34 min
May 10, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson, Larue38 min
May 10, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Nelson31 min
May 10, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin29 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin37 min
May 10, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson35 min
May 10, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin3 hr
May 10, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington33 min
May 10, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion43 min
May 10, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Washington35 min
May 10, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Boyle, Mercer, Washington, Woodford27 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Larue, Marion, Taylor42 min
May 10, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue37 min
May 10, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer and 1 more47 min
May 10, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHart20 min
May 10, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more38 min
May 10, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Taylor30 min
May 10, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio44 min
May 10, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor36 min
May 10, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison39 min
May 10, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Marion, Taylor29 min
May 10, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Taylor22 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison47 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Ohio47 min
May 10, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Taylor15 min
May 10, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOhio13 min
May 10, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Oldham43 min
May 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor30 min
May 10, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Ohio28 min
May 10, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade42 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby36 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe33 min
May 10, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson20 min
May 10, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson29 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Green33 min
May 10, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Green, Taylor31 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.