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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

April 7, 1998Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 1998, 10:35 PM EST for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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 7, 1998, 10:35 PM EST (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 1998, 11:00 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 10:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 1998-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 385 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
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

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The text

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

787 
WFUS1 KSDF 080333 RRA
TORSDF
INC117-080400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1135 PM EDT TUE APR 7 1998

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1200 AM EDT / 1100 PM EST

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  FRENCH LICK BY 1040 PM EST
  ORANGEVILLE BY 1045 PM EST
  ORLEANS BY 1050 PM EST

*AT 1130 PM EDT / 1030 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM MARTIN/DUBOIS COUNTY LINE OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOUISVILLE.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES.

CS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 9:30 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois30 min
Apr 7, 9:58 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKOrange32 min
Apr 7, 10:01 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois34 min
Apr 7, 10:27 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKWashington33 min
Apr 7, 10:59 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKWashington31 min
Apr 7, 11:13 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKScott27 min
Apr 7, 11:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson34 min
Apr 8, 12:01 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKJefferson29 min
Apr 8, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois30 min
Apr 8, 12:47 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKJefferson28 min
Apr 8, 2:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson33 min
Apr 8, 6:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry33 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.