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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Louisville, KY

January 3, 2000Scott County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 5:27 PM EST for Scott County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 3, 2000, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 6:00 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-213 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 032231
SVRSDF
INC143-032300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
527 PM EST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 525 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBURG... MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEOTA AT 535 PM EST
  SCOTTSBURG AND AUSTIN AT 545 PM EST

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

.END/STUREY/FUNK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 3, 3:15 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:15 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
315 PM EST MON JAN 3 2000

WILL ISSUE AFTERNOON ZONE PACKAGE SHORTLY AFTER 3:00 PM SO WE CAN
INCORPORATE NEW WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON TRACKING THE SURFACE LOW FROM
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO THE GREAT LAKES BY 12Z. SEVERE WEATHER
CURRENTLY OCCURRING ALONG THE WARM FRONT OVER OUR COUNTY FORECAST
AREA WITH LARGE HAIL... HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING IN THE WARM SECTOR
BETWEEN THE WARM FRONT AND COLD FRONT.

STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS A DRY SLOT MOVES INTO THE AREA.
THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISVILLE AROUND 12Z TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY DROP THROUGH THE DAY. A FEW SHOWERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MOURNING WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES
POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

CLEARING SKIES TUESDAY NIGHT WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON WEDNESDAY.

GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK& GOOD.

.SDF...NONE.
JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 1:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry25 min
Jan 3, 1:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford27 min
Jan 3, 1:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison42 min
Jan 3, 1:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry24 min
Jan 3, 1:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd42 min
Jan 3, 1:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford38 min
Jan 3, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark34 min
Jan 3, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Washington39 min
Jan 3, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Scott42 min
Jan 3, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois44 min
Jan 3, 5:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange, Washington42 min
Jan 3, 5:11 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKWashington34 min
Jan 3, 5:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry24 min
Jan 3, 5:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark31 min
Jan 3, 5:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison44 min
Jan 3, 5:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson37 min
Jan 3, 6:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd29 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.