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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Louisville, KY

June 29, 1998Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1998, 8:32 PM EST for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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 29, 1998, 8:32 PM EST (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 9:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 29, 9:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 52Salem, 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 29, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 300132 RRA
TORSDF
INC175-300215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
932 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 915 PM EST (1015 PM EDT)

* AT 830 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM...45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LOUISVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RUSH CREEK VALLEY BY 840 PM EST
  KOSSUTH BY 845 PM EST

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

REC/DK

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

Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:08 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1146 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1030 PM    LEWISPORT                 KY    .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   HANCOCK

1110 PM    HARTFORD                  KY    .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   OHIO
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:20 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1158 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1140 PM    GEORGETOWN                KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   SCOTT                           TREES DOWN SEVERAL
                                           LOCATIONS.

1145 PM    VERSAILLES                KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   WOODFORD                        THREE TREES DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:31 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1208 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

1155 PM    LEXINGTON                 KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   FAYETTE                         TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL
                                           LOCATIONS.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:43 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1221 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

1205 AM    WINCHESTER                KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   CLARK                           TWO TREES DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:45 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
125 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

1230 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   WARREN                          POWER LINES DOWN. AT
                                           LEAST ONE TREE DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:56 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...ACCUMULATED LISTING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
132 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

0925 PM    FRENCH LICK               IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   ORANGE                          POWER LINES DOWN.

0925 PM    ORLEANS                   IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   ORANGE                          TWO TREES DOWN.

0945 PM    HUNTINGBURG               IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   DUBOIS                          TWO TREES DOWN.

1000 PM    SALEM                     IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   WASHINGTON                      POWER LINES DOWN. AT
                                           LEAST ONE TREE DOWN.

1004 PM    MILLTOWN                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   CRAWFORD                        TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED
                                           OFF. POWER OUT IN
                                           MILLTOWN.

1005 PM    AUSTIN                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   SCOTT                           TREES DOWN.

1010 PM    MADISON                   IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   JEFFERSON                       TREES DOWN.

1020 PM    CORYDON                   IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   HARRISON                        TREES DOWN.

1020 PM    SELLERSBURG               IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   CLARK                           TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.

1025 PM    GEORGETOWN                IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   FLOYD                           TREES DOWN.

1026 PM    LEWISPORT                 KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   HANCOCK                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN.

1027 PM    TELL CITY                 IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   PERRY                           POWER LINES AND TREES
                                           DOWN. POWER OUT IN TELL
                                           CITY.

1030 PM    LEWISPORT                 KY    .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   HANCOCK

1030 PM    MILTON                    KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   TRIMBLE                         TREES DOWN.

1040 PM    GOSHEN                    KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   OLDHAM                          TREES DOWN.

1045 PM    HARDINSBURG               KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   BRECKINRIDGE                    TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.

1045 PM    LOUISVILLE                KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   JEFFERSON                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.

1100 PM    SHELBYVILLE               KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   SHELBY                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN.

1100 PM    SHEPHERDSVILLE            KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   BULLITT                         TREES DOWN IN THE
                                           NORTH...WEST AND
                                           EASTERN SECTIONS OF
                                           COUNTY.

1110 PM    HARTFORD                  KY    .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   OHIO

1113 PM    TAYLORSVILLE              KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   SPENCER                         POWER LINES DOWN.

1120 PM    ALTON                     KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   ANDERSON                        TWO TREES DOWN.

1140 PM    GEORGETOWN                KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   SCOTT                           TREES DOWN SEVERAL
                                           LOCATIONS.

1145 PM    VERSAILLES                KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   WOODFORD                        THREE TREES DOWN.

1155 PM    LEXINGTON                 KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   FAYETTE                         TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL
                                           LOCATIONS.

1205 AM    WINCHESTER                KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   CLARK                           TWO TREES DOWN.

1230 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   WARREN                          POWER LINES DOWN. AT
                                           LEAST ONE TREE DOWN.

DEWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Orange31 min
Jun 29, 8:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington51 min
Jun 29, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois37 min
Jun 29, 8:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison48 min
Jun 29, 8:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Scott44 min
Jun 29, 8:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry51 min
Jun 29, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.