Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1:45 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | English, IN | |
| Feb 25, 1:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Countywide, IN | |
| Feb 25, 1:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Corydon, IN | |
| Feb 25, 2:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Salem, 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.
- 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
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.