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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

November 15, 2005Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:45 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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: Nov 15, 2005, 6:45 PM EST (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dubois County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Nov 15, 6:55 PM EST	TORNADO	Bretzville, IN	THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR ST. ANTHONY AND BRETZVILLE. THE REPORT WAS MADE TO BROADCAST MEDIA AND RELAYED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.

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
Nov 15, 3:01 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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: 680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 152345
TORLMK
INC037-160015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0017.051115T2345Z-051116T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
645 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 643 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  JOHNSBURG...OR ABOUT 46 MILES EAST OF MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FERDINAND BY 650 PM EST
  KYANA...ST. ANTHONY AND BRETZVILLE BY 655 PM EST
  MENTOR AND SCHNELLVILLE BY 700 PM EST
  BIRDSEYE BY 705 PM EST

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.

LAT...LON 3822 8707 3817 8687 3825 8669 3839 8669

$$
TWF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 152355
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
655 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

INC037-160015-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-051116T0015Z/
DUBOIS IN-
655 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN DUBOIS
COUNTY...

AT 651 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR ST ANTHONY...OR ABOUT 52 MILES EAST OF MOUNT 
CARMEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BIRDSEYE...MENTOR AND SCHNELLVILLE BY 700 PM EST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3822 8707 3817 8687 3825 8669 3839 8669

$$
SCHOTT

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 160013
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
714 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

INC037-160024-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-051116T0015Z/
DUBOIS IN-
714 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DUBOIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM
EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3822 8707 3817 8687 3825 8669 3839 8669

$$

SCHOTT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 2:49 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	26 min
Nov 15, 3:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford	26 min
Nov 15, 3:26 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	3 hr
Nov 15, 3:41 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	46 min
Nov 15, 4:14 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	3 hr
Nov 15, 7:20 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	3 hr
Nov 15, 5:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Perry	29 min
Nov 15, 6:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford	33 min
Nov 15, 6:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	31 min
Nov 15, 6:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	29 min
Nov 15, 6:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	35 min
Nov 15, 6:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford	46 min

Nearby

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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.