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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

May 27, 2004Floyd County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 8:52 PM EDT for Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min. 4 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, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2004, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Floyd County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 8:55 PM EDT	TORNADO	Georgetown, IN	POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE AREA.
May 27, 8:55 PM EDT	TORNADO	Georgetown, IN	POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE AREA.
May 27, 8:55 PM EDT	TORNADO	Greenville, IN	POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE AREA, NOT CONFIRMED AS OF THIS TIME. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE AREA.
May 27, 8:55 PM EDT	TORNADO	Greenville, IN	POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE AREA, NOT CONFIRMED AS OF THIS TIME. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE AREA.

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
May 27, 8:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

163 
WFUS53 KLMK 280052
TORLMK
INC043-280145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  NEW ALBANY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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 OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3841 8603 3831 8603 3818 8594 3835 8577
          3839 8591

$$

SCHOTT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	42 min
May 27, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	46 min
May 27, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	43 min
May 27, 8:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Orange, Washington	3 hr
May 27, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison	52 min
May 27, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd	43 min
May 27, 10:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	63 min
May 27, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	57 min
May 27, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	48 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.