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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

April 21, 2002Crawford County, Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2002, 5:26 PM EST for Crawford County, Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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 21, 2002, 5:26 PM EST (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2002, 6:10 PM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 21, 5:40 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Eckerty, 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
Apr 21, 12:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 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 212226
TORSDF
INC025-037-123-212310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
525 PM EST SUN APR 21 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA   
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 610 PM EST

* AT 523 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  BRETZVILLE...OR ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SIBERIA...ADYEVILLE...MENTOR...SCHNELLVILLE AROUND 530 PM EST
  UNIONTOWN...BIRDSEYE...SASSAFRAS...RICEVILLE AROUND 535 PM EST
  DOOLITTLE MILLS...WEST FORK AROUND 540 PM EST

A TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG INTERSTATE 
64 IN EXTREME SOUTHERN DUBOIS COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST FIVE MINUTES.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO IMMEDIATELY TO A REINFORCED BUILDING.
IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

LAT...LON 3835 8692 3805 8678 3807 8651 3827 8633
          3835 8631

$$

SMALLCOMB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 3:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	27 min
Apr 21, 4:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	31 min
Apr 21, 5:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	33 min
Apr 21, 5:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	37 min
Apr 21, 5:55 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	35 min
Apr 21, 5:56 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	34 min
Apr 21, 5:57 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	93 min
Apr 21, 6:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd	48 min
Apr 21, 6:25 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Perry	35 min
Apr 21, 6:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	33 min
Apr 21, 6:29 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Perry	91 min
Apr 21, 6:47 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	88 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.