Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Apr 21, 2002, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)

Expired

Apr 21, 2002, 6:00 PM EST

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Orange County, IN

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 212227
SVRSDF
INC117-212300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
526 PM EST SUN APR 21 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 523 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRENCH LICK...OR ABOUT
  45 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRENCH LICK...GREENBRIER...WEST BADEN SPRINGS...PROSPECT AROUND 535
  PM EST
  YOUNGS CREEK...ABYDEL AND PAOLI AROUND 540 PM EST
  CHAMBERSBURG...SYRIA AROUND 550 PM EST
  MILLERSBURG AROUND 555 PM EST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY 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.

LAT...LON 3860 8669 3841 8669 3845 8632 3867 8634

$$

VLD

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 21, 2:20 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
320 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2002 2002

VERY SHARP WARM FNT WAS MEANDERING ACRS SRN INDIANA/NRN KY AT MID
AFTN WITH TEMPS JUST SOUTH OF FNT IN THE LOWER 80S...WITH MID 40S
JUST NORTH OF FNT. S/W TOPPING FLAT H5 RDG IN CNTRL OH VLY...WILL
HELP IGNITE FURTHER TSTMS IN CNTRL KY LATE AFTN/EVNG.  SO FAR ...
TSTMS HAVE BEEN SLGHTLY ELEVATED EITHER NORTH OF FNT OR NORTH OF
OUTFLOW BNDRYS AND HAVE NOT TAPPED INTO EXTREME POTENTIAL ENERGY
TO THE SOUTH. THAT MAY CHG THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS STORMS BUILD S AND
BECOME ROOTED AT THE SFC. MEANWHILE... CDFNT TO SWEEP ACRS OUR FCST
AREA THIS EVNG...WITH BAND OF TSTMS MOVG.

COOL/RATHER MOIST/CYCLONIC FLOW THEN TO SETTLE OVR RGN LATE TNGT &
MONDAY...WITH A DECENT AMOUNT OF LOW CLDS.

GREATER ANTICYCLONIC FLOW LATE MON NITE/TUE SHUD LEAD TO IMPROVING
SKY CONDS. COLD MON NITE...WITH TEMPS BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 35 AND
40 DEGREES.

THINK BEST RETURNING WAA TUE NITE WILL REMAIN W AND SOUTHWEST OF OUR
FA...SO NO MENTION OF PCPN THEN.  HAVE THEN KEPT CONTINUITY WITH CHC
SHWRS/TSTMS WRN FA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH APRCHG CDFNT.

NO BIG QUIBBLE WITH GUIDE TEMPS...AS ALL ARE CLUSTERED ARND EACH
OTHER.

.SDF...NONE.
STUREY

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
617 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0613 PM    HUNTINGBURG               IN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/21/02   DUBOIS                         NEAR THE AIRPORT. REPORTED
                                          BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.

MRC

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