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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Louisville, KY

March 28, 1997Dubois County, Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 7:20 PM EST for Dubois County, Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 28, 1997, 7:20 PM EST (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1997, 8:00 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dubois County, IN, Orange County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 7:25 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50West Baden Spgs, IN
Mar 28, 7:30 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Huntingburg, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 6:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:00 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
700 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

TIME EST   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

654 PM                                KY       TORNADO ON GROUND
3/28/97     HARDIN                             ONE HOME DESTROYED
                                               OTHER HOMES DAMAGED
                                               IN ELIZABETHTOWN
RL
Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:02 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
700 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

TIME EST   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

654 PM                                KY       TORNADO ON GROUND
3/28/97     HARDIN                             ONE HOME DESTROYED
                                               OTHER HOMES DAMAGED
                                   D            IN ELIZABETHTOWN
RL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 7:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble43 min
Mar 28, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Warren55 min
Mar 28, 7:07 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHart38 min
Mar 28, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson45 min
Mar 28, 7:17 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Larue43 min
Mar 28, 7:31 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Barren44 min
Mar 28, 7:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen40 min
Mar 28, 7:36 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMarion39 min
Mar 28, 7:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble36 min
Mar 28, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMetcalfe30 min
Mar 28, 8:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer, Woodford40 min
Mar 28, 8:11 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair49 min
Mar 28, 8:23 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson67 min
Mar 28, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Nelson67 min
Mar 28, 8:28 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey47 min
Mar 28, 8:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham40 min
Mar 28, 8:49 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKRussell41 min
Mar 28, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland40 min
Mar 28, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Spencer52 min
Mar 28, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby52 min
Mar 28, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble52 min
Mar 28, 8:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor32 min
Mar 28, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Ohio45 min
Mar 28, 9:06 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby39 min
Mar 28, 9:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren33 min
Mar 28, 9:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey39 min
Mar 28, 9:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Simpson, Warren37 min
Mar 28, 9:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart35 min
Mar 28, 9:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln31 min
Mar 28, 9:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin44 min
Mar 28, 9:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Larue, Taylor38 min
Mar 28, 9:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer35 min
Mar 28, 10:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison39 min
Mar 28, 10:07 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Madison38 min
Mar 28, 10:07 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLincoln38 min
Mar 28, 10:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland35 min
Mar 28, 10:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington31 min
Mar 28, 10:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson28 min
Mar 28, 10:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Jessamine54 min
Mar 28, 10:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Nicholas54 min
Mar 28, 10:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Warren35 min
Mar 28, 10:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson30 min
Mar 28, 10:39 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKMercer36 min
Mar 28, 10:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer36 min
Mar 28, 10:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison34 min
Mar 28, 10:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson37 min
Mar 28, 10:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe35 min
Mar 28, 11:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart31 min
Mar 28, 11:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor47 min
Mar 28, 7:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson33 min
Mar 28, 7:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Perry35 min
Mar 28, 7:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington35 min
Mar 28, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison45 min
Mar 28, 8:16 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark, Scott, Washington44 min
Mar 28, 8:44 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKJefferson31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.