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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1998, 12:47 AM EST for Jefferson County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 12:47 AM EST (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 1:15 AM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 517 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 080546 RRA TORSDF INC077-080620- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 147 AM EDT WED APR 8 1998 * TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 115 AM EST/215 AM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BELLVIEW NOW CANAAN BY 100 AM EST * AT 1245 AM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR BELLVIEW IN NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA...WHICH IS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. ABANDOTN MOBILE HOMES. STUREY/RNK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 6:56 PM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
INZ076-083-084-089-080055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 756 PM EDT TUE APR 7 1998 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR DUBOIS... PERRY...ORANGE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS SO FAR THIS EVENING HAVE DEVELOPED WELL NORTH OF A JASPER TO PAOLI LINE...OR ALONG A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL INDIANA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE NORTH OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES...BUT THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL FIRE THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. STUREY
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 6:56 PM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
INZ076-083-084-089-080055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 756 PM EDT TUE APR 7 1998 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR DUBOIS... PERRY...ORANGE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS SO FAR THIS EVENING HAVE DEVELOPED WELL NORTH OF A JASPER TO PAOLI LINE...OR ALONG A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL INDIANA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE NORTH OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES...BUT THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL FIRE THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. STUREY
Local storm report, Apr 7, 10:52 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1152 PM EDT TUE APR 07 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 PM IN MARBLE SIZE HAIL
04/07/98 WASHINGTON AT CAMPBELLSBURG.
WAIDLEYLocal storm report, Apr 7, 10:52 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1152 PM EDT TUE APR 07 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 PM IN MARBLE SIZE HAIL
04/07/98 WASHINGTON AT CAMPBELLSBURG.
WAIDLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 9:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 10:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 10:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 10:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 10:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Scott | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 11:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 12:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 6:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.