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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

April 7, 2006Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 7:03 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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: Apr 7, 2006, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harrison County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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
Apr 7, 7:12 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	White Cloud, IN	HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
Apr 7, 7:16 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Corydon, IN
Apr 7, 7:17 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 S Corydon, 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
Apr 7, 11:20 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 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 072304
TORLMK
INC061-072345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0049.060407T2303Z-060407T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
703 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  CORYDON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  CORYDON BY 715 PM EDT.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
WAS IN EFFECT.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3832 8625 3817 8633 3804 8622 3801 8601
      3807 8594 3831 8602

$$

AL

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 072312
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
711 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

INC061-072345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060407T2345Z/
HARRISON IN-
711 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR HARRISON
COUNTY...

AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE CLOUD...OR
ABOUT 24 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE....MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF CRANDALL AND 7 MILES NORTH OF DOGWOOD BY 715 PM   
  EDT.
  NEW MIDDLETOWN BY 720 PM EDT.
  ELIZABETH BY 725 PM EDT.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE CORYDON AREA...YOU 
NEED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED GOLF BALL 
SIZE HAIL WITHIN THE AREA...SO TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS NOW.

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 3832 8625 3817 8633 3804 8622 3801 8601
      3807 8594 3831 8602

$$

AL

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 072318
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
718 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

INC061-072345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060407T2345Z/
HARRISON IN-
718 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR HARRISON
COUNTY...

AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CORYDON...OR ABOUT
21 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE....MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELIZABETH BY 725 PM EDT.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A FUNNEL 
CLOUD JUST SOUTH OF CORYDON. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE 
STORM...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

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 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3832 8625 3817 8633 3804 8622 3801 8601
      3807 8594 3831 8602

$$

AL

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 072328
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
727 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

INC061-072345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060407T2345Z/
HARRISON IN-
727 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR HARRISON
COUNTY...

LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS HARRISON COUNTY.

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 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3832 8625 3817 8633 3804 8622 3801 8601
      3807 8594 3831 8602

$$

JSD

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 072336 RRA
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
737 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

INC061-072347-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060407T2345Z/
HARRISON IN-
737 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HARRISON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3832 8625 3817 8633 3804 8622 3801 8601
      3807 8594 3831 8602

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	37 min
Apr 7, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd	25 min
Apr 7, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	43 min
Apr 7, 3:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark	33 min
Apr 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	46 min
Apr 7, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	30 min
Apr 7, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	33 min
Apr 7, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	37 min
Apr 7, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	18 min
Apr 7, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	45 min
Apr 7, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	25 min
Apr 7, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	38 min
Apr 7, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford	31 min
Apr 7, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	29 min
Apr 7, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	25 min
Apr 7, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	54 min
Apr 7, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd	32 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.