Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2021, 6:29 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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 6, 2021, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lincoln County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 6:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rowland, KY | TREES REPORTED DOWN. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
523
WFUS53 KLMK 062229
TORLMK
KYC137-062300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0009.211006T2229Z-211006T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
629 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Lincoln County in central Kentucky...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 629 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles south of Stanford, moving north at 25 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...
Stanford.
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 3736 8466 3737 8473 3756 8482 3757 8479
3759 8467 3757 8459 3756 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 184DEG 22KT 3742 8469
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SCHOETTMER3 follow-up statements
872
WWUS53 KLMK 062240
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
640 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
KYC137-062300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-211006T2300Z/
Lincoln KY-
640 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 639 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Stanford, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Stanford, South Fork, Boneyville, Kings Mountain, Jumbo, Geneva,
Rowland, Halls Gap, Maywood and Blue Lick.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3736 8466 3737 8473 3756 8482 3757 8479
3759 8467 3757 8459 3756 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 184DEG 22KT 3749 8468
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SCHOETTMER221
WWUS53 KLMK 062247
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
647 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
KYC137-062300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-211006T2300Z/
Lincoln KY-
647 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 647 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Stanford, moving north at 15 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...
Stanford, Halls Gap, Boneyville, Maywood, Jumbo, Blue Lick,
Logantown, Rowland, Mckinney and Turnersville.
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 3743 8463 3745 8476 3757 8479 3759 8467
3757 8459 3756 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 185DEG 13KT 3749 8468
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SCHOETTMER124
WWUS53 KLMK 062302
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
702 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
KYC137-062311-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-211006T2300Z/
Lincoln KY-
702 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The previous Tornado Warning for Lincoln County has expired, however
a new Tornado Warning for northern Lincoln County is now in effect.
LAT...LON 3743 8463 3745 8476 3757 8479 3759 8467
3757 8459 3756 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 184DEG 22KT 3757 8467
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard | 37 min |
| Oct 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Casey, Russell | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Oct 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 37 min |
| Oct 6, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard | 24 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.