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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY

July 9, 2024Butler County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2024, 2:43 PM CDT for Butler County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 9, 2024, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2024, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Butler County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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
Jul 9, 2:55 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Sse Cool Springs, KY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 9, 2:07 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

076 
WFUS53 KLMK 091943
TORLMK
KYC031-183-092030-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0039.240709T1943Z-240709T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
243 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Butler County in south central Kentucky...
  Southeastern Ohio County in central Kentucky...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 243 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles west of Morgantown, moving northeast at 35
  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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Butler and southeastern Ohio Counties, including the
  following locations... Horse Branch, Prentiss, Shultztown,
  Rochester, Horton, Mount Pleasant, Windy Hill, Flint Springs,
  Sandefur Crossing, and Cromwell.

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 3756 8679 3749 8665 3740 8661 3718 8689
      3718 8690 3719 8691 3719 8690 3721 8691
      3722 8690 3723 8692 3724 8691 3724 8694
      3725 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 213DEG 29KT 3723 8690 

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

$$

CG

1 follow-up statement

415 
WWUS53 KLMK 092004
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
304 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2024

KYC031-183-092030-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-240709T2030Z/
Butler KY-Ohio KY-
304 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BUTLER AND SOUTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTIES...

At 304 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Hartford, moving northeast at 35
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...
Beaver Dam, Horse Branch, Horton, Mount Pleasant, Windy Hill, Flint
Springs, Sandefur Crossing, Cromwell, White Run, and Arnold.

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 3756 8679 3749 8665 3740 8661 3728 8678
      3728 8681 3732 8681 3735 8684 3735 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 213DEG 29KT 3738 8678 

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

$$

CG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 7:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	41 min
Jul 9, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	26 min
Jul 9, 8:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	34 min
Jul 9, 10:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	37 min
Jul 9, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	41 min
Jul 9, 1:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Monroe	27 min
Jul 9, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	48 min
Jul 9, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Russell	39 min
Jul 9, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	25 min
Jul 9, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	41 min
Jul 9, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	36 min
Jul 9, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	29 min
Jul 9, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	30 min
Jul 9, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	30 min
Jul 9, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	49 min
Jul 9, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	34 min
Jul 9, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	47 min
Jul 9, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	29 min
Jul 9, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	40 min
Jul 9, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.