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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY

May 1, 2002Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 6:32 PM EST for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2002, 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2002, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Orange County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 1, 6:40 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Orleans, 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, 3:45 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 253 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: 1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 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 012332
TORSDF
INC117-020015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 628 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF
  ORANGEVILLE...OR ABOUT 58 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ORANGEVILLE...ABYDEL...WEST BADEN SPRINGS...FRENCH LICK AROUND 635
  PM EST
  ORLEANS...PAOLI...YOUNGS CREEK AROUND 640 PM EST
  LEIPSIC...BROMER...SYRIA AROUND 645 PM EST

LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE ALSO ARE LIKELY WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM.

TAKE COVER NOW INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

$$
FUNK

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, 4:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois	30 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, 6:37 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.