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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 4:43 PM EDT for Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
202
WFUS53 KLMK 312043
TORLMK
KYC211-215-312100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0004.160331T2043Z-160331T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
443 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SPENCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 443 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 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...
SHELBYVILLE...SIMPSONVILLE...MIDDLETOWN HEIGHTS...CHESTNUT GROVE...OLD
CHRISTIANBURG...MONTCLAIR...CLAY VILLAGE...JOYES...WILSONVILLE AND
CROPPER.
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 3834 8511 3821 8500 3808 8545 3810 8547
3811 8543 3818 8542 3835 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 237DEG 60KT 3812 8541
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SCHOETTMER2 follow-up statements
065
WWUS53 KLMK 312052
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
452 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
KYC215-312102-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160331T2100Z/
SPENCER KY-
452 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SPENCER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3834 8511 3821 8500 3813 8528 3822 8536
3835 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 237DEG 60KT 3820 8524
$$
KYC211-312100-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160331T2100Z/
SHELBY KY-
452 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
SHELBY COUNTY...
AT 452 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 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...
SHELBYVILLE...SIMPSONVILLE...MIDDLETOWN HEIGHTS...CROPPER...HOOPER...
BAGDAD...OLD CHRISTIANBURG...MONTCLAIR...VEACHLAND AND CLAY VILLAGE.
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 3834 8511 3821 8500 3813 8528 3822 8536
3835 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 237DEG 60KT 3820 8524
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SCHOETTMER662
WWUS53 KLMK 312102
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
502 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
KYC211-312112-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160331T2100Z/
SHELBY KY-
502 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SHELBY...HENRY...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3834 8511 3821 8500 3813 8528 3822 8536
3835 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 237DEG 60KT 3820 8524
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 11 more | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade and 3 more | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Harrison, Scott | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Warren | 118 min |
| Mar 31, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Russell and 1 more | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Monroe | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 34 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.