Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2004, 7:30 PM EST for Crawford County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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 26, 2004, 7:30 PM EST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crawford County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
792
WUUS53 KLMK 270030
SVRLMK
INC025-270100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
730 PM EST WED MAY 26 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 728 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RICEVILLE...OR ABOUT 53 MILES WEST OF
LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TASWELL AROUND 735 PM EST
GRANTSBURG...MIFFLIN...SULPHUR...ENGLISH AROUND 740 PM EST
RIDDLE...CURBY...TEMPLE AROUND 745 PM EST
PILOT KNOB...CAREFREE AROUND 750 PM EST
* LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3837 8627 3838 8659 3831 8668 3823 8654
3819 8630
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 2:00 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:00 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 SHORT TERM: BAND OF HVY TSTMS MOVING ACROS SRN AND ERN PTNS OF FA NOW. STNRY FNTL BNDRY LKLY TO REMAIN ALONG E-W LINE ACROSS NRN KY TNGHT AND THEN SHIFT BACK NE SOME ON THU. WI GROUND ALRDY SATURDATED FROM TODAYS AND RAINS OF PAST TWO DAYS...WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS FA TNGHT. SOME CLEARING ACRS NWRN FA ALREADY WI ADDITIONAL TSTMS DVLPG ACRS SRN IL...THIS COULD EASILY AFFECT FA LATER TONIGHT...SO CONT FFA FOR TONIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY...LATEST MODEL DATA POINTS TO ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TSTMS ON THU INTO THUR NIGHT. WILL INCREASE POPS OF STORMS ON THU AFTN AND NIGHT. TOO EARLY TO CONSIDER FLOOD WATCH FOR THUR. REMAINDER OF FCST MORE OR LESS IN LINE WITH CURRENT FCST TRENDS SO NOT MUCH CHGS MADE TO THE DAY THREE PERIOD. EXTENDED (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... A FRONT STATIONARY TO THE SOUTH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY SATURDAY NIGHT WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION SUNDAY WITH SHOWERS BECOMING MORE SCATTERED AS THE WARM HUMID AIRMASS SPREADS OVER THE AREA. SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SPOTTY SHOWERS WILL LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES COOL BEHIND THE FRONT. -MBS && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TSTM WATCH 293 FOR ALL BUT NWRN 1/4 OF FA TIL 7PM EDT TONIGHT IN...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. KY...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:15 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 615 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-270900- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CLARK IN- CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY- FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY- HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON KY-HARRISON IN-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON KY-JEFFERSON IN-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALF KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-SCOTT IN-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON KY-WASHINGTON IN- WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON...BOWLING GREEN... WINCHESTER...VERSAILLES...STANFORD...SHELBYVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE... RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...GLASGOW...FRANKLIN... FRANKFORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE...CYNTHIANA...COLUMBIA... BARDSTOWN...NEW ALBANY...JASPER AND CORYDON 615 PM EDT (515 PM CDT) WED MAY 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AN ABUNDANTLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE, THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, RESULTING IN CONTINUED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS FORECAST FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... TRAINED SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. PYE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 2:59 PM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
359 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.35N 85.35W
05/26/2004 TAYLOR KY EMERGENCY MNGR
ALUMINUM SIDING WAS BLOWN OFF A RESIDENCE.
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG RUSSELL SPRINGS 37.05N 85.08W
05/26/2004 RUSSELL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN THE WESTERN PART OF
THE COUNTY.
&&
LDLocal storm report, May 26, 3:16 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
416 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG KINGS MOUNTAIN 37.37N 84.70W
05/26/2004 LINCOLN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. TREES WERE DOWNED.
&&
LDLocal storm report, May 26, 3:58 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
458 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0318 PM TSTM WND DMG VERSAILLES 38.05N 84.73W
05/26/2004 WOODFORD KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS TWO ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF THE COUNTY.
&&
LDLocal storm report, May 26, 4:00 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0157 PM HAIL CUSTER 37.73N 86.25W
05/26/2004 0.75 INCH BRECKINRIDGE KY AMATEUR RADIO
0157 PM FLASH FLOOD IRVINGTON 37.88N 86.28W
05/26/2004 BRECKINRIDGE KY AMATEUR RADIO
FIVE TO SIX INCHES WERE OVER A ROAD IN THE TOWN OF
IRVINGTON. TWO INCHES OF WATER WERE STANDING ON OTHER
ROADS.
0205 PM TSTM WND DMG RADCLIFF 37.82N 85.94W
05/26/2004 HARDIN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED.
0205 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W SHEPHERDSVILLE 37.99N 85.79W
05/26/2004 BULLITT KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED.
0205 PM TSTM WND DMG ELIZABETHTOWN 37.70N 85.87W
05/26/2004 HARDIN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED.
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG SHEPHERDSVILLE 37.99N 85.71W
05/26/2004 BULLITT KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN SW AND SE SHEPERDSVILLE
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG ELIZABETHTOWN 37.70N 85.87W
05/26/2004 HARDIN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
0223 PM TSTM WND DMG COXS CREEK 37.90N 85.47W
05/26/2004 NELSON KY AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN.
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG ELIZABETHTOWN 37.70N 85.87W
05/26/2004 HARDIN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN ELIZABETHTOWN.
0230 PM HAIL 4 W SHEPHERDSVILLE 37.99N 85.71W
05/26/2004 0.75 INCH BULLITT KY PUBLIC
THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED A 65 MPH WIND GUST.
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N HODGENVILLE 37.57N 85.74W
05/26/2004 LARUE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NORTH OF CITY
0245 PM FLASH FLOOD GLENDALE 37.60N 85.92W
05/26/2004 HARDIN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAYS 210 AND 61 NEAR THE LARUE COUNTY LINE WERE
COVERED BY WATER AND CLOSED.
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG HARRODSBURG 37.77N 84.85W
05/26/2004 MERCER KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
THE ROOF WAS BLOW OFF A BARN. POWER LINES WERE DOWNED.
0258 PM TSTM WND DMG LEBANON 37.57N 85.25W
05/26/2004 MARION KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.35N 85.35W
05/26/2004 TAYLOR KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED.
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENSBURG 37.26N 85.50W
05/26/2004 GREEN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED.
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.35N 85.35W
05/26/2004 TAYLOR KY EMERGENCY MNGR
ALUMINUM SIDING WAS BLOWN OFF A RESIDENCE.
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG WILMORE 37.87N 84.66W
05/26/2004 JESSAMINE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED.
0318 PM TSTM WND DMG VERSAILLES 38.05N 84.73W
05/26/2004 WOODFORD KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS TWO ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF THE COUNTY.
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBIA 37.10N 85.31W
05/26/2004 ADAIR KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG LIBERTY 37.32N 84.93W
05/26/2004 CASEY KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. NUMEROUS ROADS BLOCKED.
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBIA 37.10N 85.31W
05/26/2004 ADAIR KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBIA 37.10N 85.31W
05/26/2004 ADAIR KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG KINGS MOUNTAIN 37.37N 84.70W
05/26/2004 LINCOLN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. TREES WERE DOWNED.
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG RUSSELL SPRINGS 37.05N 85.08W
05/26/2004 RUSSELL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN THE WESTERN PART OF
THE COUNTY.
&&
LDLocal storm report, May 26, 4:12 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
512 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM FLASH FLOOD BOWLING GREEN 36.97N 86.44W
05/26/2004 WARREN KY BROADCAST MEDIA
SIXTH STREET AND STATE STREET WERE CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. OTHER STREETS WERE FLOODED BUT NOT CLOSED.
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 26, 7:24 PM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
824 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0818 PM HAIL JASPER 38.39N 86.94W
05/26/2004 1.00 INCH DUBOIS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 32 min |
| May 26, 7:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 24 min |
| May 27, 2:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 35 min |
| May 27, 3:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 59 min |
| May 27, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Washington | 65 min |
| May 27, 6:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 50 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.