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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 2016Breckinridge County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 1:59 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. 9 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: May 10, 2016, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Breckinridge County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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
May 10, 2:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Hardinsburg, KY	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HWY 60.
May 10, 2:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Hardinsburg, KY
May 10, 2:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Hardinsburg, KY	PUBLIC TWITTER REPORT RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
May 10, 2:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Harned, KY	ROOF DAMAGE TO A BUILDING IN HARNED.
May 10, 2:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Harned, KY	METAL ROOF PEELED OFF AND SMALL BARN DESTROYED.
May 10, 2:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Harned, KY	TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
May 10, 2:12 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	Custer, KY
May 10, 2:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Custer, KY	TREE LIMBS DOWN.
May 10, 2:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 E Garfield, KY	A VERY NARROW INTENSE DAMAGE PATH (25 YARDS) OF ROTATING 90-95 MPH WINDS EMBEDDED WITHIN A 3-MILE WIDE AREA OF STRAIGHT-LINED WINDS. THE TORNADO LEFT A DISTINCT PATH IN THE VEGETATION AND DESTROYED PART OF A LARGE METAL BARN NEAR THE ROSETTA GENERAL STORE. IT

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
May 10, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

602 
WFUS53 KLMK 101859
TORLMK
KYC027-101930-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0008.160510T1859Z-160510T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
159 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
    
* AT 158 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDINSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  HARDINSBURG...CUSTER...WOODROW...BURAS...ROSETTA...BEWLEYVILLE...
  CENTERVIEW...KIRK...KINGSWOOD AND HIGH PLAINS.

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 3786 8623 3779 8615 3762 8626 3765 8654
      3774 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 263DEG 29KT 3770 8648 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

AMS

1 follow-up statement

327 
WWUS53 KLMK 101921
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
221 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

KYC027-101930-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160510T1930Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-
221 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY...
    
AT 221 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF HARDINSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
CUSTER...GARFIELD...WOODROW...BURAS...ROSETTA...BEWLEYVILLE...CENTERVIEW...
GRAYSVILLE...LOCUST HILL AND HIGH PLAINS.

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.

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 3786 8623 3779 8615 3762 8626 3764 8640
      3780 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 263DEG 29KT 3772 8625 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

AMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	34 min
May 10, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	37 min
May 10, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	28 min
May 10, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Meade	47 min
May 10, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	23 min
May 10, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin	26 min
May 10, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	15 min
May 10, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson	34 min
May 10, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue	38 min
May 10, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson	31 min
May 10, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	29 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	37 min
May 10, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson	35 min
May 10, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin	3 hr
May 10, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	33 min
May 10, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion	43 min
May 10, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	35 min
May 10, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	27 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor	42 min
May 10, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue	37 min
May 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer and 1 more	47 min
May 10, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hart	20 min
May 10, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more	38 min
May 10, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Taylor	30 min
May 10, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	44 min
May 10, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	36 min
May 10, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Ohio	36 min
May 10, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	39 min
May 10, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Marion, Taylor	29 min
May 10, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor	22 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	47 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	47 min
May 10, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Taylor	15 min
May 10, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Ohio	13 min
May 10, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	43 min
May 10, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	30 min
May 10, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	28 min
May 10, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	42 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	36 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe	33 min
May 10, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	20 min
May 10, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson	29 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green	33 min
May 10, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green, Taylor	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.