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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

May 27, 2004Clark County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 7:40 PM EDT for Clark County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 6 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, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2004, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clark County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 8:02 PM EDT	TORNADO	Borden, IN	DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. SHREDDED TREES, WITH TREES DOWN IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES.
May 27, 8:02 PM EDT	TORNADO	Borden, IN	DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. SHREDDED TREES, WITH TREES DOWN IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES.
May 27, 8:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Charlestown, IN	ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 70 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
May 27, 8:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Charlestown, IN	ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 70 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
May 27, 8:06 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Charlestown, IN	GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED.
May 27, 8:06 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Charlestown, IN	GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

812 
WFUS53 KLMK 272340
TORLMK
INC019-280030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
739 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 638 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST WEST OF 
  BORDEN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST
   AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CARWOOD...STARLIGHT AROUND 745 PM EDT
  MEMPHIS...WILSON...BENNETTSVILLE...HENRYVILLE AROUND 750 PM EDT
  SPEED AROUND 755 PM EDT
  CHARLESTOWN...OTISCO AROUND 800 PM EDT
  NEW MARKET AROUND 805 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY...SMALL ROOM OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3856 8587 3842 8602 3840 8566 3857 8554

$$

JB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	32 min
May 26, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford	30 min
May 26, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	33 min
May 26, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd	24 min
May 27, 3:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	35 min
May 27, 4:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	39 min
May 27, 6:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	41 min
May 27, 6:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	33 min
May 27, 7:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	44 min
May 27, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	59 min
May 27, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	46 min
May 27, 7:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	40 min
May 27, 7:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Washington	65 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.