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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Louisville, KY

July 22, 2004Harrison County, Washington County, Indiana

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 22, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2004-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 459 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2004-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison18 min
Jul 22, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois55 min
Jul 22, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.