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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Louisville, KY

July 27, 1987Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1987, 4:15 PM EDT for Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1987, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1987, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Harrison, IN
Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Floyd, IN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1987-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1987-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby35 min
Jul 26, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEstill65 min
Jul 26, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson25 min
Jul 27, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Scott, Washington50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.