Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2016, 3:02 PM CST for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 13 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
- Dec 17, 2016, 3:02 PM CST (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2016, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 734 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 836 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
162
WFUS53 KLMK 172102
TORLMK
KYC183-172115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0026.161217T2102Z-161217T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
302 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Ohio County in central Kentucky...
* Until 315 PM CST
* At 302 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Central City, moving northeast at 55 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, Mchenry, Rockport, Sandefur
Crossing, Ken Wye, No Creek, Simmons and Heflin.
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 3738 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713 3748 8711
3750 8709 3758 8688 3737 8675 3732 8699
3736 8703 3737 8707 3736 8709 3733 8710
3733 8712 3734 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 243DEG 47KT 3739 8711
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ZT1 follow-up statement
869
WWUS53 KLMK 172110
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
310 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
KYC183-172115-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161217T2115Z/
Ohio KY-
310 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN OHIO COUNTY...
At 309 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hartford, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Hartford, Beaver Dam, Centertown, Mchenry, Rockport, Sandefur
Crossing, Ken Wye, No Creek, Simmons and Heflin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713 3748 8711
3750 8709 3758 8688 3737 8675 3732 8699
3736 8703 3737 8707 3736 8709 3733 8710
3733 8712 3734 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 245DEG 37KT 3742 8703
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ZTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 4:36 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 15 min |
| Dec 17, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 13 min |
| Dec 17, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 38 min |
| Dec 17, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 23 min |
| Dec 17, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio | 22 min |
| Dec 17, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio | 21 min |
| Dec 17, 3:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 29 min |
| Dec 17, 3:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 32 min |
| Dec 17, 4:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 67 min |
| Dec 17, 4:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 25 min |
| Dec 17, 5:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 35 min |
| Dec 17, 5:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 30 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.