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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

May 26, 2004Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2004, 8:57 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2004, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harrison County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

216 
WUUS53 KLMK 270057
SVRLMK
INC061-270130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
857 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE CLOUD...OR ABOUT
  28 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3833 8624 3816 8629 3813 8596 3825 8595

$$
PYE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois32 min
May 26, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford30 min
May 26, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd24 min
May 27, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison35 min
May 27, 4:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark39 min
May 27, 6:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington41 min
May 27, 6:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson33 min
May 27, 7:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark44 min
May 27, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange59 min
May 27, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington46 min
May 27, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKWashington40 min
May 27, 7:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWashington65 min
May 27, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark50 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.