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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2018Green County, Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2018, 7:41 PM CDT for Green County, Hart 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: Apr 3, 2018, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Green County, KY, Hart County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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.

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, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

933 
WFUS53 KLMK 040041
TORLMK
KYC087-099-040100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0009.180404T0041Z-180404T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Green County in central Kentucky...
  Northeastern Hart County in central Kentucky...

* Until 800 PM CDT

* At 741 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Munfordville,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado. 

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. 

  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...
  Jonesville, Hinesdale, Hudgins, Glen Lily, Lobb, Rio, Powder Mill
  and Pike View.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3737 8588 3742 8571 3742 8567 3743 8566
      3742 8566 3733 8563 3728 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 256DEG 41KT 3734 8581 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MJ

1 follow-up statement

172 
WWUS53 KLMK 040058
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
758 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2018

KYC087-099-040107-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-180404T0100Z/
Green KY-Hart KY-
758 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL GREEN AND NORTHEASTERN HART
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight CDT 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 3737 8588 3742 8571 3742 8567 3743 8566
      3742 8566 3733 8563 3728 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 256DEG 41KT 3738 8560 

$$

EBW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	27 min
Apr 3, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson	33 min
Apr 3, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	28 min
Apr 3, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	9 min
Apr 3, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue	32 min
Apr 3, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	29 min
Apr 3, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington	29 min
Apr 3, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	26 min
Apr 3, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Nelson	25 min
Apr 3, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Hart, Warren	24 min
Apr 3, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Mercer	23 min
Apr 3, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Shelby	35 min
Apr 3, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer and 1 more	48 min
Apr 3, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Lincoln and 4 more	46 min
Apr 3, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson	29 min
Apr 3, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion	23 min
Apr 3, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	19 min
Apr 3, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	31 min
Apr 3, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	25 min
Apr 3, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Marion, Taylor	20 min
Apr 3, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln	29 min
Apr 3, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine	23 min
Apr 3, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	21 min
Apr 3, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Garrard, Lincoln	19 min
Apr 3, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren	29 min
Apr 3, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	28 min
Apr 3, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	49 min
Apr 3, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	34 min
Apr 3, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	31 min
Apr 3, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	26 min
Apr 3, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	34 min
Apr 3, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	30 min
Apr 3, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Madison	14 min
Apr 3, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer, Washington	33 min
Apr 3, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	26 min
Apr 3, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Marion, Taylor	36 min
Apr 3, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	33 min
Apr 3, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 3 more	25 min
Apr 3, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	27 min
Apr 3, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	21 min
Apr 3, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	21 min
Apr 4, 2:43 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	30 hr
Apr 4, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	4 days
Apr 4, 10:18 AM CDT	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.