Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2018, 6:06 PM EDT for Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 31, 2018, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2018, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Nelson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 6:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Nazareth, KY | TREE DOWN BLOCKING VIRGINIA AVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
854
WFUS53 KLMK 312206
TORLMK
KYC179-312230-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0041.181031T2206Z-181031T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
606 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2018
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Nelson County in central Kentucky...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 606 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles northeast of Elizabethtown, moving east at 30
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...
Bardstown, Samuels Field Airport, Bellwood, Withrow, Bourbon
Springs, Cravens and Hunters.
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 3789 8543 3776 8541 3777 8571 3778 8572
3777 8573 3781 8573 3781 8572 3782 8568
3782 8567 3783 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 255DEG 26KT 3779 8569
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SCHOETTMER2 follow-up statements
538
WWUS53 KLMK 312218
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
618 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2018
KYC179-312230-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-181031T2230Z/
Nelson KY-
618 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
NELSON COUNTY...
At 617 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bardstown, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Bardstown, Samuels Field Airport, Bellwood, Withrow, Bourbon Springs,
Cravens and Hunters.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3789 8543 3776 8541 3777 8559 3785 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 255DEG 26KT 3781 8559
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SCHOETTMER010
WWUS53 KLMK 312231
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
631 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2018
KYC179-312241-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-181031T2230Z/
Nelson KY-
631 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL NELSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain 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 3789 8543 3776 8541 3777 8559 3785 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 255DEG 26KT 3783 8548
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 21 min |
| Oct 31, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 34 min |
| Oct 31, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 40 min |
| Oct 31, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Washington | 31 min |
| Oct 31, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Hancock | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 36 min |
| Oct 31, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Mercer, Woodford | 28 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.