Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2004, 5:47 PM EDT for Harrison County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 22, 2004, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Harrison County, IN, Washington County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLMK 222147 SVRLMK INC175-222230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 446 PM EST THU JUL 22 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 530 PM EST * AT 444 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALEM...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AROUND 6 MILES SOUTH OF SALEM BY 510 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT. LAT...LON 3863 8631 3844 8628 3844 8602 3868 8591 $$ JSD
1 follow-up statement
000
WUUS53 KLMK 222147 RRA
SVRLMK
INC061-222230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
547 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 444 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF WHITE
CLOUD...OR ABOUT 32 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CORYDON BY 600 PM EDT
CENTRAL BY 605 PM EDT
DOGWOOD AND NEW MIDDLETOWN BY 610 PM EDT
ELIZABETH AND LACONIA BY 615 PM EDT
BUENA VISTA...EVANS LANDING AND NEW BOSTON BY 620 PM EDT
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3819 8631 3821 8630 3823 8623 3825 8627
3831 8627 3838 8623 3837 8603 3833 8603
3824 8598 3811 8594 3800 8602
$$
JAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 18 min |
| Jul 22, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.