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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY

October 24, 2001Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2001, 5:41 PM EST for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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, 5:41 PM EST (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2001, 6:05 PM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Perry County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 24, 5:50 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Tell City, 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

782 
WFUS53 KLMK 242241
TORSDF
INC123-242305-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
541 PM EST WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 605 PM EST

* AT 541 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BRISTOW...OR ABOUT 53 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BRANCHVILLE...DOOLITTLE MILLS AROUND 550 PM EST
  ORIOLE AROUND 555 PM EST

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

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

FUNK

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, 5:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	42 min
Oct 24, 5:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	40 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

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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.