Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2001, 5:28 PM EDT for Clark 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
- Jun 6, 2001, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Charlestown, IN | Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLMK 062128 SVRSDF INC019-062200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 528 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SPEED...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW MARKET AROUND 535 PM EDT NEW WASHINGTON AROUND 540 PM EDT REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. COX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 90 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.