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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

May 1, 2002Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 4:20 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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: May 1, 2002, 4:20 PM EST (21:20 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2002, 4:50 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dubois County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 1, 4:20 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Ireland, 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
May 1, 12:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 1, 2:30 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 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 
WFUS53 KLMK 012120
TORSDF
INC037-012150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
420 PM EST WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 450 PM EST

* AT 418 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER DUFF...OR
  ABOUT 37 MILES EAST OF MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HUNTINGBURG...JASPER AROUND 425 PM EST
  MALTERSVILLE AROUND 430 PM EST
  BRETZVILLE...ST. ANTHONY...FERDINAND...CELESTINE AROUND 435 PM EST
  KYANA...SCHNELLVILLE AROUND 440 PM EST
  MENTOR AROUND 445 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.

LAT...LON 3845 8717 3827 8723 3819 8680 3838 8669

$$

JA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	45 min
May 1, 4:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford	44 min
May 1, 4:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Perry	43 min
May 1, 5:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	36 min
May 1, 6:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Orange	43 min
May 1, 6:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.