Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 1999, 6:21 PM EST for Harrison County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. 3 reports 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
- Feb 27, 1999, 6:21 PM EST (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 1999, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, IN, Washington County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Salem, IN | Trees down |
| Feb 27, 6:40 PM EST | Hail 1 | Campbellsburg, IN | One inch hail fell in Cambellsburg |
| Feb 27, 6:47 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Laconia, IN | One and three quarter inch hail fell in Laconia |
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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 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 272321 RRA TORSDF INC061-175-272345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 621 PM EST SAT FEB 27 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 645 PM EST * AT 618 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...OR 5 MILES EAST OF HARDINSBURG ... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MARTINSBURG BY 640 PM EST PALMYRA BY 640 PM EST ABANDON MOBILE HOMES! GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. CS/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, Feb 27, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-281200- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 PM EST SAT FEB 27 1999 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE FURTHER EAST THE STORMS TRAVEL THE MORE STABLE AIRMASS THEY WILL ENCOUNTER. ALTHOUGH PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TONIGHT. RNK
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-281200- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 PM EST SAT FEB 27 1999 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE FURTHER EAST THE STORMS TRAVEL THE MORE STABLE AIRMASS THEY WILL ENCOUNTER. ALTHOUGH PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TONIGHT. RNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 27, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 31 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.