Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 5:03 PM EST for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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
- Oct 24, 2001, 5:03 PM EST (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2001, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 5:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Paoli, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354 WUUS53 KLMK 242205 SVRSDF INC117-242245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 503 PM EST WED OCT 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 545 PM EST * AT 501 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORANGEVILLE TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTON...OR FROM 55 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE TO 38 MILES EAST OF MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ROLAND AROUND 515 PM EST WEST BADEN SPRINGS...PROSPECT...ORANGEVILLE...NORTON AROUND 520 PM EST ORLEANS...ABYDEL AROUND 525 PM EST YOUNGS CREEK...SYRIA...PAOLI AROUND 530 PM EST DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED POWER LINES. 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 Oct 24, 2:33 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 2:33 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION... CORRECTION.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001 CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE CONTINUES TO BE TIMING OF COLD FRONT AND POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. AT 18Z THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST ILLINOIS TO JUST EAST OF ST LOUIS. ON ITS CURRENT TRACK THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN AROUND 00Z AND LEXINGTON AROUND 02Z. A SOLID LINE OF STORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. 18Z 0-3KM SR HELICITY VALUES IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT WERE AROUND 300 SO THE POTENTIAL REMAINS GOOD FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN CFA. LLJ OF 50 KTS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE FRONT. WE WILL KEEP A HIGH POP IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH THE MENTION OF STRONG STORMS. PRECIPITATION WILL END QUICKLY AS DRY COLD AIR ADVECTS INTO THE REGION ON A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY WITH READINGS IN THE 40S BY MORNING. COLD AIR CU WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW THURSDAY BUT TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 50S. ADDITIONAL ENERGY WILL DIG INTO THE TROF ON FRIDAY AND BRING THE COLDEST AIR INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING IN THE 20S. PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW ON SATURDAY LOOKS TO REMAIN NORTH AND EAST OF THE CFA SO WE WILL KEEP THE CFA DRY OVER THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. .SDF...TORNADO WATCH 797 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGH 7 PM EST. JA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 11:06 AM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-250200- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 12 NOON EDT WED OCT 24 2001 ...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH A SLIGHT RISK OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR RIDING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF A POTENT COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY TRIGGER POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WILL ERUPT ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND SWEEP EAST ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THAT PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. WIND DAMAGE SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS OUR ENTIRE REGION WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE AS WELL. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN TO SURVIVE A TORNADO...WHETHER YOU ARE IN YOUR HOME...AT WORK OR SCHOOL...IN A MOTOR VEHICLE...OR AT A STORE OR MALL. AT HOME...WORK OR SCHOOL...MOVE TO A PRE-DESIGNATED SHELTER...SUCH AS THE INTERIOR PART OF A BASEMENT. YOUR SHELTER SHOULD INCLUDE A NOAA WEATHER RADIO WITH A WARNING ALARM TONE AND BATTERY BACK-UP. IF A SPECIFIC SHELTER DOES NOT EXIST...GO TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM ON THE BUILDINGS LOWEST LEVEL. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES ARE QUITE VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND EVEN MOBILE HOMES THAT ARE TIED DOWN CANNOT WITHSTAND THE FORCE OF TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY... ...MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO STAY WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY WHO HAVE BASEMENTS. PUT YOUR PLAN IN ACTION WHEN A TORNADO WATCH IS ISSUED. LEAVE YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SAFE SHELTER IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT SEARCH OUT A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IT IS A COLLECTION AREA FOR TORNADIC DEBRIS AS WELL AS A WIND TUNNEL. TORNADO WINDS SQUEEZING UNDER THE OVERPASS SPEED UP BY AS MUCH AS 25 PERCENT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION...RADIO STATIONS...OR THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER SITUATION. SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JA
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-250400- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001 ...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WITH A MODERATE RISK OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD LAST UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. A POWERFUL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...FROM NORTHERN INDIANA TO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY...THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THAT PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER...THROUGH MID EVENING. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH 60 TO 80 MPH THUNDERSTORM WINDS COMMON...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN TO SURVIVE A TORNADO...WHETHER YOU ARE IN YOUR HOME...AT WORK OR SCHOOL...IN A MOTOR VEHICLE...OR AT A STORE OR MALL. AT HOME...WORK OR SCHOOL...MOVE TO A PRE-DESIGNATED SHELTER...SUCH AS THE INTERIOR PART OF A BASEMENT. YOUR SHELTER SHOULD INCLUDE A NOAA WEATHER RADIO WITH A WARNING ALARM TONE AND BATTERY BACK-UP. IF A SPECIFIC SHELTER DOES NOT EXIST...GO TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM ON THE BUILDINGS LOWEST LEVEL. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES ARE QUITE VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND EVEN MOBILE HOMES THAT ARE TIED DOWN CANNOT WITHSTAND THE FORCE OF TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY... ...MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO STAY WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY WHO HAVE BASEMENTS. PUT YOUR PLAN IN ACTION WHEN A TORNADO WATCH IS ISSUED. LEAVE YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SAFE SHELTER IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT SEARCH OUT A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IT IS A COLLECTION AREA FOR TORNADIC DEBRIS AS WELL AS A WIND TUNNEL. TORNADO WINDS SQUEEZING UNDER THE OVERPASS SPEED UP BY AS MUCH AS 25 PERCENT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION...RADIO STATIONS...OR THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER SITUATION. STUREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 53 min |
| Oct 24, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 35 min |
| Oct 24, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 6:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Scott | 28 min |
| Oct 24, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 38 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.