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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

March 29, 2002Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2002, 2:01 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2002, 2:01 PM EST (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2002, 2:20 PM EST
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dubois County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 29, 12:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-29Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 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.

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 291901
SVRSDF
INC037-291920-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
159 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 220 PM EST

* AT 158 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR JASPER...OR ABOUT 43 MILES EAST OF MOUNT
  CARMEL...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MALTERSVILLE...ST. ANTHONY...BRETZVILLE...HAYSVILLE AROUND 205 PM
  EST
  CELESTINE...DUBOIS...SCHNELLVILLE...KELLERVILLE AROUND 210 PM EST
  CUZCO...CRYSTAL AROUND 215 PM EST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND 
DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THIS STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL IT HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED POWER LINES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE.

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

LAT...LON 3850 8705 3821 8707 3826 8670 3852 8671

$$
KIRKPATRICK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 2:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois19 min
Mar 29, 2:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry37 min
Mar 29, 2:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford21 min
Mar 29, 2:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison34 min

Nearby

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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.