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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

July 4, 2004Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2004, 4:52 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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: Jul 4, 2004, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2004, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dubois County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 4, 5:13 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 60	4 E Dubois, IN	AT PATOKA LAKE.
Jul 4, 5:13 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 60	4 E Dubois, IN	AT PATOKA LAKE.

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
Jul 4, 1:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 042152
TORLMK
INC037-042215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
451 PM EST SUN JUL 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 449 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JASPER...OR
  ABOUT 44 MILES EAST OF MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTH OF MALTERSVILLE BY 455 PM EST
  KELLERVILLE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF ST. ANTHONY BY 500 PM EST
  DUBOIS...CELESTINE AND THALES BY 505 PM EST
  CUZCO...CRYSTAL AND 7 MILES NORTH OF SCHNELLVILLE BY 510 PM EST
  8 MILES NORTH OF MENTOR BY 515 PM EST

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3850 8706 3822 8708 3826 8670 3852 8670

$$

KIRKPATRICK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	28 min
Jul 4, 4:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	41 min
Jul 4, 5:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	35 min
Jul 4, 5:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford	32 min
Jul 4, 5:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	30 min
Jul 4, 6:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	38 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.