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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY

May 26, 1996Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1996, 5:40 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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 26, 1996, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1996, 6:30 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Dubois County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 5:55 PM ESTHail 1.75Jasper, 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-05-26Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 262242
TORSDF
INC037-262330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
640 PM EDT (540 PM EST) SUN MAY 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT (630 PM EST)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...NORTH AND CENTRAL DUBOIS COUNTY
 
AT 6:42 PM EDT (5:42 PM EST)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO JASPER BY 6:00 PM EST
(7:00 PM EDT). THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AV@OID WINDOWS.
 
MCT/WHW/TS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 12:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford33 min
May 26, 12:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Washington44 min
May 26, 6:10 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois35 min
May 26, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange45 min
May 26, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford45 min
May 26, 6:40 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKPerry35 min
May 26, 6:46 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.