Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2016, 2:41 PM CDT for Adair County, Casey County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 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
- Jul 4, 2016, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Phil, KY | DOWNED TREE BLOCKING HWY 127 NEAR HENSON RIDGE RD. |
| Jul 4, 3:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Phil, KY | NUMEROUS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
702
WFUS53 KLMK 041941
TORLMK
KYC001-045-042000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0025.160704T1941Z-160704T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
341 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CASEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT/300 PM CDT/
* AT 341 PM EDT/241 PM CDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF LIBERTY...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
LIBERTY...PELLYTON...CRESTON...RUBERT FORD...NEATSVILLE...EVANS FORD...
RHEBER...PRICETOWN...DUNNVILLE AND KNIFLEY.
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 3727 8520 3727 8519 3728 8519 3729 8518
3730 8519 3731 8518 3731 8517 3733 8515
3737 8491 3719 8495 3719 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 269DEG 33KT 3727 8514
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SCHOETTMER1 follow-up statement
784
WWUS53 KLMK 041954
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
354 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016
KYC001-045-042004-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160704T2000Z/
CASEY KY-ADAIR KY-
354 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CASEY AND NORTHEASTERN ADAIR
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT/300 PM CDT/...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT/800 PM
CDT/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
LAT...LON 3727 8520 3727 8519 3728 8519 3729 8518
3730 8519 3731 8518 3731 8517 3733 8515
3737 8491 3719 8495 3719 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 269DEG 33KT 3727 8514
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin | 18 min |
| Jul 3, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 8:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Meade | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 11:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 12:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Hart, Larue | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 1:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 2:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Taylor | 18 min |
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion, Taylor | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 2:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor | 114 min |
| Jul 4, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln, Russell | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 25 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.