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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Louisville, KY

November 1, 1997Floyd County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1997, 11:14 AM EST for Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 1997, 11:14 AM EST (16:14 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1997, 11:30 AM EST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Floyd County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 12:00Z on 1997-11-01Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

774 
WUUS1 KSDF 011615 RRA
SVRSDF
INC043-011645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1114 AM EST SAT NOV 1 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  FLOYD COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1130 AM EST
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  FLOYDS NOBBS AND GALENA SHORTLY

* AT 1108 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...OR NEAR GALENA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH

IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE
A STRONG BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

STUREY/COX

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.