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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY

November 15, 2005Crawford County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:59 PM EST for Crawford County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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: Nov 15, 2005, 6:59 PM EST (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 7:45 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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, 7:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 N English, IN	TREE DOWN ACROSS DOG CREEK ROAD NORTH OF ENGLISH
Nov 15, 7:25 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 70	Wickliffe, IN

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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 160000 RRA
TORLMK
INC025-160045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0019.051115T2359Z-051116T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 656 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
  ENGLISH...OR ABOUT 54 MILES EAST OF MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING EAST
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENGLISH BY 715 PM EST

THIS INCLUDES HILANDS OVERLOOK STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND
92.

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 8647 3821 8656 3826 8659 3827 8668
      3838 8668 3840 8627 3832 8630 3830 8627
      3822 8627 3819 8633 3820 8638 3815 8637
      3813 8640

$$
TWF

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 160016
SVSLMK

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

INC025-160045-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-051116T0045Z/
CRAWFORD IN-
715 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR CRAWFORD
COUNTY...

AT 714 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TASWELL...OR ABOUT
46 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTH EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BROWNSTOWN...GRANTSBURG AND 7 MILES NORTH OF SULPHUR BY 720 PM EST
  ENGLISH AND 7 MILES NORTH OF RIDDLE BY 725 PM EST
  TEMPLE...8 MILES NORTH OF CAREFREE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF CURBY BY
  730 PM EST
  MARENGO AND PILOT KNOB BY 735 PM EST

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

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

LAT...LON 3822 8647 3821 8656 3826 8659 3827 8668
      3838 8668 3840 8627 3832 8630 3830 8627
      3822 8627 3819 8633 3820 8638 3815 8637
      3813 8640

$$

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, 6:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois	30 min
Nov 15, 6:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	35 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.