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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Louisville, KY

June 12, 1998Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1998, 8:44 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 12, 1998, 8:44 PM EST (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1998, 9:15 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Dubois County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 9:03 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60Jasper, 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
Jun 12, 6:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 1998-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade31 min
Jun 12, 9:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham19 min
Jun 12, 9:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge31 min
Jun 12, 10:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Shelby, Spencer32 min
Jun 12, 10:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin35 min
Jun 12, 10:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade33 min
Jun 12, 10:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford30 min
Jun 12, 10:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette34 min
Jun 12, 11:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark33 min
Jun 12, 11:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin2 hr
Jun 13, 12:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue35 min
Jun 13, 12:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor31 min
Jun 12, 9:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Perry30 min
Jun 12, 9:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange19 min
Jun 12, 9:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington19 min
Jun 12, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd31 min
Jun 12, 9:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry33 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.