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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

April 21, 2002Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2002, 6:55 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2002, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harrison County, IN, Meade County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 21, 7:00 PM EDTHail 1.75Ramsey, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 21, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 21, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 212255 CCA
TORSDF
INC061-KYC163-212330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 548 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WOLF CREEK...OR ABOUT 38 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BATTLETOWN AROUND 655 PM EDT
  WHITE CLOUD...VALLEY CITY...NEW AMSTERDAM...FRENCHTOWN AROUND 700
  PM EDT
  CORYDON...CENTRAL...RAMSEY...CENTRAL BARREN AROUND 705 PM EDT
  NEW MIDDLETOWN AROUND 710 PM EDT

IN ADDITION HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS LIKELY WITH THIS LARGE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR INTERSTATE 64. TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL BE LIKELY 
ESPECIALLY ACROSS HARRISON COUNTY.

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 3840 8624 3818 8627 3804 8648 3801 8626
          3804 8594 3841 8605

$$

SMALLCOMB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington27 min
Apr 21, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois31 min
Apr 21, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry44 min
Apr 21, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange33 min
Apr 21, 6:53 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison37 min
Apr 21, 6:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Scott34 min
Apr 21, 6:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Scott93 min
Apr 21, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd48 min
Apr 21, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry35 min
Apr 21, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry33 min
Apr 21, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry91 min
Apr 21, 7:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison88 min
Apr 21, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Shelby, Spencer46 min
Apr 21, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge27 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.