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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Louisville, KY

June 23, 2016Scott County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2016, 4:56 PM EDT for Scott 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
Jun 23, 2016, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Scott County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

793 
WFUS53 KLMK 232056
TORLMK
KYC209-232115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0020.160623T2056Z-160623T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
456 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
    
* AT 456 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  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...
  GEORGETOWN...SADIEVILLE...OXFORD...BOYDTOWN...MALLARD POINT...JOSEPHINE...
  MOON LAKE ESTATES...SKINNERSBURG...MUDDY FORD AND BIDDLE.

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 3824 8451 3832 8469 3840 8466 3838 8446
      3834 8446 3833 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 299DEG 26KT 3834 8462 

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

$$

ZT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 5:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison30 min
Jun 23, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry31 min
Jun 23, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison32 min
Jun 23, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Scott33 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKScott21 min
Jun 23, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson41 min
Jun 23, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKJefferson3 hr
Jun 23, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Jun 23, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer24 min
Jun 23, 5:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKScott23 min
Jun 23, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott29 min
Jun 23, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer29 min
Jun 23, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas26 min
Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas3 hr
Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer23 min
Jun 23, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson, Spencer, Washington24 min
Jun 23, 5:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer, Washington3 hr
Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson32 min
Jun 23, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon14 min
Jun 23, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Jessamine, Mercer41 min
Jun 23, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin26 min
Jun 23, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington36 min
Jun 23, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Nelson, Washington34 min
Jun 23, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer, Washington26 min
Jun 23, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer35 min
Jun 23, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison32 min
Jun 23, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Marion, Taylor29 min
Jun 23, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson35 min
Jun 23, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Marion, Taylor25 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.