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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2005, 2:35 PM EST for Crawford County, Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2005, 2:35 PM EST (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2005, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, IN, Orange County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 2933 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
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 Aug 20, 2:23 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 2:23 PM EST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 323 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY)... POTENT UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS...JUST BEHIND SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN TO CENTRAL KANSAS. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT EXTENDS AN OUTFLOW/WIND SHIFT BOUNDARY FROM FROM NORTHERN OHIO SW TO THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI...ALONG WHICH CONVECTION HAS ALREADY FIRED. THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A BROKEN LINE OF GENERAL TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS ALREADY WANING ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION. OUTFLOW FROM THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING ISOLATED PULSERS AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. GIVEN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND INCREASING SHEAR...SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EDT...MAINLY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY ISOLATED AT BEST SINCE THE BEST SHEAR RESIDES ACROSS NORTHERN IL/IN/OH. WOULD ONLY EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR THE MOST PART. ASIDE FROM ISOLATED SEVERE...THE LINE IS DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD SO PRECIP WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. KEPT ONLY 40 POPS IN GRIDS THROUGH TONIGHT. SECONDARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROGRESS SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE REGION. NAM SHOWS BOUNDARY THROUGH FORECAST AREA MIDDAY SUNDAY...BRINGING IN MUCH DRIER AIR AND COOLER AIR. HOWEVER...GFS IS SLOWER WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE AND HAS SURFACE WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG BOUNDARY...PROGGING IT TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE CWA TOMORROW. WENT WITH THE FASTER NAM SOLUTION BUT KEPT POPS OVER SOUTHERN CWA SUNDAY SINCE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF JET DIVES SOUTHWARD ACROSS CWA. ANY LEFTOVER MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP SCATTERED STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY GIVEN RESIDUAL MLCAPES OVER 2000 J/KG PLUS. HAVE POPS ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS NORTHERN CWA TOMORROW...WITH SOUTHERN/SOUTHEAST CWA LOW 90S. AL .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM FOR THIS TIME PERIOD IS DEALING WITH MAX/MIN TEMP TRENDS OVER THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE LATEST MODEL DATA CONTS TO SHOW A STRONG RIDGE DEVELOPING FROM THE CENTRL AND NRN ROCKIES NNE INTO CNTRL CANADA...AND THEN SHIFTING SLOWLY EWRD INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. BY THE END OF THE PD. THIS SHOULD EFFECTIVELY BLOCK ANY MAJOR SYSTEMS FROM IMPACTING THE REGION. WITH THE ABOVE DISCUSSION IN MIND...WE ARE GOING WI A DRY FCST DURING THIS PERIOD. DAILY TEMPS WILL DIP TO AT OR A LITTLE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THEN WARM BACK TO A FEW DEGS ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AB .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 6 PM EDT AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 7 PM EDT. .KY...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 6 PM EDT FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 7 PM EDT FROM TELL CITY TO LEXINGTON AND POINTS NORTHWARD. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 2:30 PM EST, 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-210830- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 330 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE MID 90S. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AN APPROACHING COOL FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY...AND WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BEST THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO NICHOLAS COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...INCLUDING ALL SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS THROUGH 7 PM EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 12:33 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 133 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ025-029>043-201945- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-MEADE KY- BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY- FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...BRANDENBURG...MOUNT WASHINGTON... SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE... SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE 1233 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 /133 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 737 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT...6 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA CLARK IN CRAWFORD IN DUBOIS IN FLOYD IN HARRISON IN JEFFERSON IN ORANGE IN PERRY IN SCOTT IN WASHINGTON IN IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ANDERSON KY BOURBON KY FAYETTE KY FRANKLIN KY HARRISON KY NICHOLAS KY SCOTT KY WOODFORD KY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BULLITT KY HENRY KY JEFFERSON KY MEADE KY OLDHAM KY SHELBY KY SPENCER KY TRIMBLE KY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEDFORD...BRANDENBURG...CARLISLE... CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...JASPER... JEFFERSONVILLE...LA GRANGE...LAWRENCEBURG...LEXINGTON... LOUISVILLE...MADISON...MARENGO...MOUNT WASHINGTON...NEW ALBANY... NEW CASTLE...PAOLI...PARIS...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...SHELBYVILLE... SHEPHERDSVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...TELL CITY AND VERSAILLES. AL
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 12:33 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 133 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ025-029>043-202300- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-MEADE KY- BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY- FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...BRANDENBURG...MOUNT WASHINGTON... SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE... SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE 1233 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 /133 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 737 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT...6 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA CLARK IN CRAWFORD IN DUBOIS IN FLOYD IN HARRISON IN JEFFERSON IN ORANGE IN PERRY IN SCOTT IN WASHINGTON IN IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ANDERSON KY BOURBON KY FAYETTE KY FRANKLIN KY HARRISON KY NICHOLAS KY SCOTT KY WOODFORD KY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BULLITT KY HENRY KY JEFFERSON KY MEADE KY OLDHAM KY SHELBY KY SPENCER KY TRIMBLE KY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEDFORD...BRANDENBURG...CARLISLE... CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...JASPER... JEFFERSONVILLE...LA GRANGE...LAWRENCEBURG...LEXINGTON... LOUISVILLE...MADISON...MARENGO...MOUNT WASHINGTON...NEW ALBANY... NEW CASTLE...PAOLI...PARIS...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...SHELBYVILLE... SHEPHERDSVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...TELL CITY AND VERSAILLES. AL
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 2:01 PM EST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 301 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 INZ076>078-083-202005- DUBOIS IN-ORANGE IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JASPER 201 PM EST SAT AUG 20 2005 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR EVANSVILLE TO BEDFORD AT 2 PM EST...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AT 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH 3 PM EST. THESE STRONG STORMS MOST LIKELY AFFECT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...ALONG WITH DUBOIS COUNTY DURING THIS PERIOD. THESE LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE... CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS. CS
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 2:01 PM EST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 301 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 INZ076>078-083-202005- DUBOIS IN-ORANGE IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JASPER 201 PM EST SAT AUG 20 2005 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR EVANSVILLE TO BEDFORD AT 2 PM EST...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AT 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH 3 PM EST. THESE STRONG STORMS MOST LIKELY AFFECT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...ALONG WITH DUBOIS COUNTY DURING THIS PERIOD. THESE LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE... CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA...THEREFORE THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND OTHER STATEMENTS. CS
Local storm report, Aug 20, 2:18 PM EST, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 2:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.