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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Louisville, KY

May 31, 1998Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 5:08 PM EST for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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: May 31, 1998, 5:08 PM EST (22:08 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 5:55 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 3:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

821 
WUUS1 KSDF 312210 RRA
SVRSDF
INC175-312255-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
608 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 555 PM EST (655 PM EDT)

* AT AT 505 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILLERSBURG IN EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY
  INDIANA... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SALEM AND HARRISTOWN BETWEEN 510 PM AND 530 PM EST

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

STUREY/COX

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, May 31, 3:23 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
423 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0420 PM    LITTLE YORK               IN   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   WASHINGTON                     REPORT FROM DES

Local storm report, May 31, 3:31 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
431 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    AUSTIN                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   SCOTT                          REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER

Local storm report, May 31, 4:13 PM EST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
513 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    SCOTTSBURG                IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   SCOTT                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY. REPORT
                                          FROM LOCAL SHERIFF.

0455 PM    MILTON                    KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   TRIMBLE                        REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER

0457 PM    VIENNA                    IN   TORNADO
05/31/98   SCOTT                          TORNADO REPORTED EAST OF
                                          VIENNA ON HIGHWAY 256.
                                          REPORTED BY POLICE AND
                                          FIRE DEPARTMENTS. RELAYED
                                          THROUGH DES.

0500 PM    MILTON                    KY   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TRIMBLE                        REPORT FROM LAGRANGE STATE
                                          POLICE.

Local storm report, May 31, 4:59 PM EST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
559 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0553 PM    PAOLI                     IN   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ORANGE                         REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER.
                                          JUST SOUTH OF PAOLI.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 3:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott, Washington	33 min
May 31, 3:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
May 31, 3:52 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	28 min
May 31, 4:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	44 min
May 31, 4:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	37 min
May 31, 5:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	43 min
May 31, 5:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	39 min
May 31, 5:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	49 min
May 31, 5:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.