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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2017, 5:29 PM EDT for Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 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, 2017, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Larue County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Hodgenville, KY | ROOF BLOWN OFF THE OLD STATE HIGHWAY SERVICE GARAGE. |
| Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Wnw Buffalo, KY | THE TORNADO FIRST DOWNED A LARGE TREE ON MCDOWELL RD 2.8 MILES SOUTH OF HODGENVILLE. IT DAMAGED TREE TOPS AT THE LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST. AT THE END OF EARL JONES RD, THE TORNADO DESTROYED ONE CINDER BLOCK AND WOOD BAR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
403
WFUS53 KLMK 232129
TORLMK
KYC123-232145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0029.170623T2129Z-170623T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
529 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Larue County in central Kentucky...
* Until 545 PM EDT
* At 529 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Hodgenville, moving east at 35
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...
Hodgenville, Boundary Oak, Mathers Mill, Tanner and Leafdale.
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 3753 8588 3754 8588 3764 8568 3747 8561
3747 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 248DEG 30KT 3752 8585
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
EBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Taylor | 17 min |
| Jun 23, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 4:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Ohio | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 4:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Oldham, Scott, Shelby and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 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.