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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

March 25, 2021Clinton County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2021, 9:57 PM CDT for Clinton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 15 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: Mar 25, 2021, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2021, 10:12 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Clinton County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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
Mar 25, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 657 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 631 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 7.4

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The text

As transmitted.

527 
WFUS53 KLMK 260257
TORLMK
KYC053-260330-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0005.210326T0257Z-210326T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
957 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Clinton County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 1030 PM CDT.
    
* At 957 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Albany, moving northeast at 45 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...
  Albany, Cartwright, Snow, Cumberland City, Savage, Marlow, Rolan,
  Hobart, Browns Crossroads and Nora.

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 3663 8529 3664 8529 3671 8526 3682 8504
      3681 8503 3676 8500 3673 8502 3671 8501
      3670 8502 3669 8502 3668 8501 3667 8501
      3666 8500 3663 8500 3662 8498 3663 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 244DEG 38KT 3664 8519 

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

$$

CG

1 follow-up statement

367 
WWUS53 KLMK 260312
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1012 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

KYC053-260321-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210326T0330Z/
Clinton KY-
1012 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3663 8529 3664 8529 3671 8526 3682 8504
      3681 8503 3676 8500 3673 8502 3671 8501
      3670 8502 3669 8502 3668 8501 3667 8501
      3666 8500 3663 8500 3662 8498 3663 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 244DEG 38KT 3671 8501 

$$

CG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	12 min
Mar 25, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Spencer	33 min
Mar 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	37 min
Mar 25, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	29 min
Mar 25, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	32 min
Mar 25, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	31 min
Mar 25, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Taylor	30 min
Mar 25, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Grayson	29 min
Mar 25, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue	33 min
Mar 25, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	31 min
Mar 25, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin, Larue	24 min
Mar 25, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	37 min
Mar 25, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson	33 min
Mar 25, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Nelson	30 min
Mar 25, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	16 min
Mar 25, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Green, Larue, Marion, Mercer, Nelson and 2 more	29 min
Mar 25, 10:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	27 min
Mar 25, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	36 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.