Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2018, 4:20 PM EDT for Boyle County, Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
- Sep 8, 2018, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
146
WFUS53 KLMK 082020
TORLMK
KYC021-045-137-082045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0036.180908T2020Z-180908T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
420 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2018
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Lincoln County in central Kentucky...
South central Boyle County in central Kentucky...
North central Casey County in central Kentucky...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 420 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Liberty, moving northeast at 20 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...
Hustonville, Peytons Store, Milledgeville, Parksville, Ellisburg,
Moreland, Chilton and Butchertown.
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 3741 8493 3747 8503 3762 8491 3751 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 225DEG 19KT 3746 8496
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
EBW2 follow-up statements
616
WWUS53 KLMK 082028
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
428 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2018
KYC021-045-137-082045-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-180908T2045Z/
Lincoln KY-Boyle KY-Casey KY-
428 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL LINCOLN...SOUTH CENTRAL BOYLE AND NORTH CENTRAL CASEY
COUNTIES...
At 428 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles north of Liberty, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Moreland, Milledgeville, Parksville, Ellisburg, Butchertown and
Peytons Store.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3744 8493 3747 8498 3761 8490 3751 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 225DEG 19KT 3749 8492
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
EBW988
WWUS53 KLMK 082040
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
440 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2018
KYC021-045-137-082049-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-180908T2045Z/
Lincoln KY-Boyle KY-Casey KY-
440 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN...SOUTH CENTRAL BOYLE
AND NORTH CENTRAL CASEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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 3744 8493 3747 8498 3761 8490 3751 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 225DEG 19KT 3753 8487
$$
EBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 2:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 8:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Nicholas | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln and 1 more | 119 min |
| Sep 8, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 27 min |
| Sep 8, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 4:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Meade | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby, Trimble | 22 min |
| Sep 8, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 116 min |
| Sep 8, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 37 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.