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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2016, 8:28 PM CDT for Barren County, Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 min. 2 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
- Jun 23, 2016, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Barren County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Rhoda, KY | MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 23, 8:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Rhoda, KY | MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
399
WFUS53 KLMK 240128
TORLMK
KYC009-061-227-240145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0022.160624T0128Z-160624T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
828 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 828 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
SMITHS GROVE...OAKLAND...HAYS...CHALYBEATE...KEPLER...LOVING...HYDRO...
MERRY OAKS...APPLE GROVE AND GIRKIN.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3709 8639 3716 8630 3706 8601 3694 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 296DEG 30KT 3709 8629
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SCHOETTMER2 follow-up statements
502
WWUS53 KLMK 240138
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
838 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
KYC009-061-227-240145-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160624T0145Z/
WARREN KY-BARREN KY-EDMONSON KY-
838 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WARREN...NORTHWESTERN BARREN AND SOUTHEASTERN EDMONSON
COUNTIES...
AT 838 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF PLUM SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SMITHS GROVE...OAKLAND...HAYS...KEPLER...LOVING...HYDRO...MERRY OAKS...APPLE
GROVE...SUNNYSIDE AND PONDSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 8634 3713 8622 3706 8601 3694 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 299DEG 26KT 3705 8623
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
SCHOETTMER550
WWUS53 KLMK 240145
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
845 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
KYC009-061-227-240155-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160624T0145Z/
WARREN KY-BARREN KY-EDMONSON KY-
845 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WARREN...NORTHWESTERN BARREN
AND SOUTHEASTERN EDMONSON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3705 8634 3713 8622 3706 8601 3694 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 296DEG 30KT 3705 8623
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Hart | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Spencer | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Marion, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Metcalfe and 2 more | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Simpson and 1 more | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 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.