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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2018Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2018, 10:16 PM EDT for Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 14 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: Apr 3, 2018, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2018, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Madison County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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
Apr 3, 10:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 49	1 Ssw Waco, KY	MESONET STATION ELST.
Apr 3, 10:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Bybee, KY	TREES DOWNED ON POWER LINES ON DROWNING CREEK ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Apr 3, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

123 
WFUS53 KLMK 040216
TORLMK
KYC151-040230-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0016.180404T0216Z-180404T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1016 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Madison County in central Kentucky...

* Until 1030 PM EDT
    
* At 1016 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Richmond, moving east at 55 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...
  Richmond, Harris Ferry, Bybee, College Hill, Moberly, Reeds
  Crossing and Elliston.

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 3779 8408 3778 8411 3777 8410 3777 8408
      3776 8409 3774 8408 3774 8410 3772 8410
      3769 8425 3777 8427 3781 8414 3781 8412
      3782 8410 3781 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 250DEG 49KT 3776 8421 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DM

1 follow-up statement

549 
WWUS53 KLMK 040228
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1028 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018

KYC151-040238-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-180404T0230Z/
Madison KY-
1028 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1030 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for central
Kentucky.

Report severe weather to local law enforcement, post your report to
the National Weather Service Louisville Facebook page, or tweet your
report using hashtag L, M, K, spotter.

LAT...LON 3779 8408 3778 8411 3777 8410 3777 8408
      3776 8409 3774 8408 3774 8410 3772 8410
      3769 8425 3777 8427 3781 8414 3781 8412
      3782 8410 3781 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 250DEG 49KT 3780 8406 

$$

DM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	27 min
Apr 3, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson	33 min
Apr 3, 8:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	28 min
Apr 3, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	9 min
Apr 3, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue	32 min
Apr 3, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	29 min
Apr 3, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington	29 min
Apr 3, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	26 min
Apr 3, 8:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Nelson	25 min
Apr 3, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Hart, Warren	24 min
Apr 3, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Mercer	23 min
Apr 3, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Shelby	35 min
Apr 3, 8:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LMK	Green, Hart	19 min
Apr 3, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer and 1 more	48 min
Apr 3, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Lincoln and 4 more	46 min
Apr 3, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson	29 min
Apr 3, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion	23 min
Apr 3, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	19 min
Apr 3, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	31 min
Apr 3, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	25 min
Apr 3, 9:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Marion, Taylor	20 min
Apr 3, 9:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln	29 min
Apr 3, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine	23 min
Apr 3, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	21 min
Apr 3, 9:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Garrard, Lincoln	19 min
Apr 3, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren	29 min
Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	28 min
Apr 3, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	49 min
Apr 3, 9:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	34 min
Apr 3, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	31 min
Apr 3, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	26 min
Apr 3, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	34 min
Apr 3, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	30 min
Apr 3, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer, Washington	33 min
Apr 3, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	26 min
Apr 3, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Marion, Taylor	36 min
Apr 3, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	33 min
Apr 3, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 3 more	25 min
Apr 3, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	27 min
Apr 3, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	21 min
Apr 4, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	21 min
Apr 4, 3:43 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	30 hr
Apr 4, 11:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	4 days
Apr 4, 11:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	27 hr

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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.