Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2004, 5:31 PM EST for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2004, 5:31 PM EST (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Orange County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:47 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nw Paoli, IN | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN BY PUBLIC. |
| May 27, 5:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Paoli, IN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY. |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Chambersburg, IN | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
659 WUUS53 KLMK 272231 SVRLMK INC117-272330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 530 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 630 PM EST * AT 528 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROLAND...OR ABOUT 54 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PROSPECT AND WEST BADEN SPRINGS BY 535 PM EST ORANGEVILLE AND ABYDEL BY 540 PM EST PAOLI BY 545 PM EST ORLEANS AND SYRIA BY 550 PM EST LEIPSIC AND BROMER BY 555 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THE NORTHERN HALF OF ORANGE COUNTY IS MOST LIKELY TO SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH 630 PM EST. LAT...LON 3869 8682 3852 8680 3851 8631 3869 8632 $$ JB
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 27, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) MORNING CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED WITH CU DEVELOPING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 80S. WITH DEW POINTS HIGH AND SURFACE BASED LI/S MINUS 6 TO MINUS 9 ACROSS FA EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. CONVECTION HAS ALREADY DEVELOP TO THE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WHERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STORNG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH GROUND SATURATED FROM PAST SEVERAL DAYS RAINS AND MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT, WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE DROPS SOUTH INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WITH PRECIPITATION SLOWLY ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WILL FOLLOW BLEND OF GFS AND ETA FOR THE SHORT TERM. HOWEVER WILL LEAVE SHOWERS IN ON FRIDAY A LITTLE LONGER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST. BY FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWERS SHOULD HAVE ENDING ACROSS THE STATE WITH DRIER AIR SPREADING OVER THE FA FOR SATURDAY. FRONT WILL START MOVING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS DEW POINTS RISE AND AIR BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING SUNDAY INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. USED A BLEND OF GFS AND ETA MOS FOR SHORT TERM. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) EAST TO WEST NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PERSIST OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY INTO MONDAY. TROF MOVES THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY PROVIDING FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRYING FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED WITH BROAD UPPER TROF...EXPECT SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. KY...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. && SCHOLZ/PYE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 530 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280900- 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 530 PM EDT (430 PM CDT) THU MAY 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE THE NEEDED CONDITIONS FOR PERIODS OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE, THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE POSTED. IN ADDITION, SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE UNSETTLED WEATHER 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 EXTREME SOUTHERN KENTUCKY ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... TRAINED SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. REPORT EXAMPLES INCLUDE DOWNED TREES OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS, HAIL LARGER THAN DIME SIZE, AND FLOODING THAT IS BLOCKING ROADWAYS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 12:31 PM EST, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
131 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 AM TSTM WND DMG 11 NE SALEM 38.72N 85.95W
05/27/2004 WASHINGTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY NEAR LITTLE YORK.
&&
WAIDLEYLocal storm report, May 27, 12:32 PM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
132 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0358 AM TSTM WND DMG NEW ALBANY 38.30N 85.83W
05/27/2004 FLOYD IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTS OF WINDOWS IN BUSINESSES BEING BLOWN OUT BY HIGH
WINDS.
0640 AM TSTM WND DMG 11 NE SALEM 38.72N 85.95W
05/27/2004 WASHINGTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY NEAR LITTLE YORK.
0645 AM TSTM WND DMG MADISON 38.76N 85.38W
05/27/2004 JEFFERSON IN NEWSPAPER
BARN IN MADISON DESTROYED. RELAYED BY MADISON COURIER.
&&
WAIDLEYLocal storm report, May 27, 1:35 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
235 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 S GREENSBURG 37.24N 85.50W
05/27/2004 GREEN KY NWS STORM SURVEY
A SHINGLE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A WAREHOUSE. A PORTION OF A
SHEET METAL WALL WAS BLOWN OUT ON ANOTHER WAREHOUSE. PART
OF THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A GAS STATION. A FEW WAREHOUSE
DOORS WERE BLOWN IN. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED.
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 27, 4:46 PM EST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
546 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0358 AM TSTM WND DMG FLOYDS KNOBS 38.32N 85.87W
05/27/2004 FLOYD IN NWS EMPLOYEE
MATURE TREE UPROOTED AND THROWN 15-20 FT BY SUSPECTED
MICROBURST WINDS.
&&
JBSpecial weather statement, May 27, 5:20 PM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 620 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 INZ076>078-083-280000- DUBOIS IN-ORANGE IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JASPER 520 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING... AT 525 PM EST, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF STRONG STORMS FROM JASPER INDIANA TO SALEM INDIANA...AND FURTHER NORTH. INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. NEAR THESE STORMS STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THE AREA...ALONG WITH A FLOOD WATCH UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. JB
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:20 PM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 620 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 INZ076>078-083-280000- DUBOIS IN-ORANGE IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JASPER 520 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING... AT 525 PM EST, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF STRONG STORMS FROM JASPER INDIANA TO SALEM INDIANA...AND FURTHER NORTH. INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. NEAR THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THE AREA...ALONG WITH A FLOOD WATCH UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. JB
The 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, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford | 30 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.