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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 2003Scott County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 1:59 AM EST for Scott County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2003, 1:59 AM EST (06:59 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 2:30 AM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3057 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

668 
WFUS53 KLMK 100659
TORLMK
INC143-175-100730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
158 AM EST SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 230 AM EST

* AT 155 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PUMPKIN
  CENTER...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH. TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR LITTLE YORK IN NORTHEAST
  WASHINGTON COUNTY.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  AUSTIN AROUND 205 AM EST

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY...SMALL ROOM OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3874 8608 3861 8592 3885 8556 3901 8577

$$

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange41 min
May 10, 1:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington42 min
May 10, 2:03 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKScott, Washington27 min
May 10, 2:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson26 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.