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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

November 24, 2001Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 8:09 PM EST for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2001, 8:09 PM EST (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 8:45 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2001-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2001-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 767 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
767 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
893 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.

686 
WFUS53 KLMK 250109
TORSDF
INC175-250145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
809 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 807 PM EST...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO
  OVER KOSSUTH...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PUMPKIN CENTER...LITTLE YORK AROUND 815 PM EST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY...SMALL ROOM OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

$$

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.