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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Louisville, KY

June 23, 2017Larue County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Hodgenville, KYROOF BLOWN OFF THE OLD STATE HIGHWAY SERVICE GARAGE.
Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDTTORNADO3 Wnw Buffalo, KYTHE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

EBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan34 min
Jun 23, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Marion, Taylor24 min
Jun 23, 3:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKTaylor17 min
Jun 23, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor31 min
Jun 23, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKOhio3 hr
Jun 23, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKJefferson3 hr
Jun 23, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe27 min
Jun 23, 4:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Nelson3 hr
Jun 23, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin27 min
Jun 23, 5:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin6 hr
Jun 23, 5:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKFayette, Jessamine3 hr
Jun 23, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLarue, Marion, Nelson31 min
Jun 23, 5:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Bullitt, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more3 hr
Jun 23, 5:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer3 hr
Jun 23, 6:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKFranklin, Harrison, Henry, Oldham, Scott, Shelby and 2 more3 hr
Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Nelson, Washington35 min
Jun 23, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas3 hr
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Marion, Mercer, Washington30 min
Jun 23, 6:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington and 1 more3 hr
Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin, Harrison, Scott, Shelby3 hr
Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Taylor31 min
Jun 23, 6:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 2 more4 hr
Jun 23, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer32 min
Jun 23, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Lincoln34 min
Jun 23, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison32 min
Jun 23, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark25 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.