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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

April 19, 2002Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 1:56 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2002, 1:56 PM EST (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 2:45 PM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dubois County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 2:00 PM ESTHail 0.75Ireland, 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 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 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-393 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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 191856
SVRSDF
INC037-191945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
154 PM EST FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM EST

* AT 153 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST    
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRETZVILLE...CELESTINE...         
  CRYSTAL...CUZCO...DUBOIS...DUFF...HAYSVILLE...HOLLAND...           
  HUNTINGBURG...JASPER...KELLERVILLE...KYANA...MALTERSVILLE...       
  MENTOR...PORTERSVILLE...SCHNELLVILLE AND ST. ANTHONY

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 3848 8705 3822 8707 3827 8670 3852 8671

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.