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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Louisville, KY

November 10, 2002Clark County, Scott County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 5:23 PM EST for Clark County, Scott County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports 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: Nov 10, 2002, 5:23 PM EST (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Scott County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 5:50 PM EST	Hail 0.88	Clarksville, IN
Nov 10, 5:50 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Countywide, IN	Trees were downed in Jeffersonville, Clarksville, and Charlestown.
Nov 10, 5:55 PM EST	Hail 0.88	Charlestown, 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
Nov 10, 3:35 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 335 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.

316 
WFUS53 KLMK 102223
TORSDF
INC019-143-102300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
520 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 516 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A   LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOS     
  FROM 7   MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEOTA TO BORDEN...OR FROM 28 MILES     
  NORTHWEST OF   LOUISVILLE TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF                 
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40   MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEOTA...WILSON...CARWOOD AROUND 525 PM EST
  VIENNA...SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...UNDERWOOD..AND SELLERSBURG AROUND   
  530 PM EST   
  NEW FRANKFORT AROUND 535 PM EST
  LEXINGTON...OTISCO AROUND 540 PM EST

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.

THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 65 NORTH OF SELLERSBURG, 
TRAVELERS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 1:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	29 min
Nov 10, 4:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	36 min
Nov 10, 4:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	48 min
Nov 10, 4:32 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	118 min
Nov 10, 4:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Orange	37 min
Nov 10, 4:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Perry	50 min
Nov 10, 4:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	47 min
Nov 10, 5:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford	42 min
Nov 10, 5:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	22 min
Nov 10, 5:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	37 min
Nov 10, 5:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd	27 min
Nov 10, 5:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	29 min
Nov 10, 6:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.