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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

February 25, 20014 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2001, 1:37 AM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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 25, 2001, 1:37 AM EST (06:37 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2001, 2:10 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 25, 1:45 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60 EEnglish, IN
Feb 25, 1:55 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60 ECountywide, IN
Feb 25, 1:55 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60 ECorydon, IN
Feb 25, 2:00 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60 ESalem, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 2001-02-25Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2001-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 621 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
621 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
772 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.

548 
WUUS53 KLMK 250639
SVRSDF
INC025-061-117-175-250710-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
137 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 210 AM EST

* AT 135 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LEIPSIC TO FREDONIA...OR FROM 47
  MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE TO 37 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...    
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMPBELLSBURG...CLAYSVILLE...HARDINSBURG...LIVONIA AROUND 145 AM
  EST
  DEPAUW...FRENCHTOWN...MOUNT CARMEL...ROSEBUD AROUND 150 AM EST
  BECKS MILL...FREDERICKSBURG AROUND 155 AM EST

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

STUREY/JA

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.