Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2018, 1:41 PM CDT for Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 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
- Jun 27, 2018, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted.
780
WFUS53 KLMK 271841
TORLMK
KYC003-009-171-271900-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0022.180627T1841Z-180627T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
141 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2018
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Monroe County in south central Kentucky...
East central Allen County in south central Kentucky...
Southeastern Barren County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 200 PM CDT
* At 141 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northeast of Scottsville, moving southeast 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...
Fountain Run, Dry Fork, Etoile, Peter Creek, Austin, Tracy,
Cooktown and Lamb.
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 3680 8610 3688 8604 3682 8583 3668 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 303DEG 31KT 3683 8604
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
EBW1 follow-up statement
796
WWUS53 KLMK 271857
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
157 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2018
KYC003-009-171-271907-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-180627T1900Z/
Monroe KY-Allen KY-Barren KY-
157 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE...EAST CENTRAL ALLEN
AND SOUTHEASTERN BARREN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
Report severe weather to local law enforcement, post your report to
the National Weather Service Louisville Facebook page, or tweet your
report using hashtag L, M, K, spotter.
LAT...LON 3680 8610 3688 8604 3682 8583 3668 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 303DEG 31KT 3676 8591
$$
EERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 21 min |
| Jun 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren | 12 min |
| Jun 27, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 27 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.