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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

April 7, 2000Crawford County, Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2000, 8:13 PM EST for Crawford County, Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 7, 2000, 8:13 PM EST (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2000, 8:45 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 8:28 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 52 EEnglish, 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-319 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 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.

639 
WUUS53 KLMK 080114
SVRSDF
INC025-061-080145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
813 PM EST FRI APR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 810 PM EST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
  DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF MARENGO
  TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE TO WEST FORK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 39 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE TO 37 MILES WEST OF
  LOUISVILLE TO 44 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BEECHWOOD...CAREFREE...FREDONIA...MILLTOWN AROUND 820 PM EST
  CAPE SANDY...DEPAUW...FRENCHTOWN...HANCOCK CHAPEL AROUND 825 PM EST
  CENTRAL BARREN...NEW SALISBURY AROUND 830 PM EST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 8:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison17 min
Apr 7, 10:12 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison3 hr

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.