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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY

May 24, 1996Jefferson County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1996, 7:56 PM EST for Jefferson County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
May 24, 1996, 7:56 PM EST (00:56 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 8:30 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 8:10 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60Hanover, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 250057
TORSDF
INC077-250130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
856 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 855 PM...FIRE DEPARTMENTS CONFIRMED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE
COMMUNITY OF BLOCHER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL
AFFECT WAKEFIELD...KENT AND VOLGA BEFORE 910 PM EDT. TAKE COVER NOW.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT GO NEAR
DOWNED POWER LINES.
 
 
 
&
NR/VLD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Washington35 min
May 24, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison35 min
May 24, 7:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd54 min
May 24, 7:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott54 min
May 24, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison44 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.