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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 2016Breckinridge County, Grayson County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 6:17 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Grayson County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

319 
WFUS53 KLMK 102317
TORLMK
KYC027-085-183-102345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0014.160510T2317Z-160510T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
    
* AT 616 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
  TOUSEY...HORSE BRANCH...NARROWS...DEMPSTER...HITES FALLS...OLATON...
  YEAMAN...DUNDEE...JUGVILLE AND HICKORY CORNER.

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 3745 8680 3754 8682 3765 8655 3746 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 257DEG 28KT 3750 8676 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

TWF

1 follow-up statement

893 
WWUS53 KLMK 102335
SVSLMK

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

KYC027-085-183-102345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160510T2345Z/
OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-
635 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE
COUNTIES...
    
AT 634 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LEITCHFIELD...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...
TOUSEY...YEAMAN...SHREVE...HICKORY CORNER...ROCKVALE...DEMPSTER AND HITES
FALLS.

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 3751 8665 3758 8672 3765 8655 3751 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 253DEG 28KT 3755 8660 

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

$$

TWF

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, 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, 5:24 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, 6:18 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.