Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Harrison County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 S Corydon, IN | NUMEROUS TRESS DOWN |
| Oct 18, 6:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Lanesville, IN | 1/2 INCH HAIL IN ADDITION |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 611 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 678 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLMK 182215
TORLMK
INC061-182245-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0012.071018T2215Z-071018T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
615 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
* AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CORYDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CORYDON BY 625 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR
OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3802 8619 3805 8625 3816 8631 3838 8606
3821 8595 3819 8597 3818 8593 3817 8592
3803 8595 3801 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 222DEG 43KT 3809 8621
$$
DK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLMK 182232
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
626 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
INC061-182245-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071018T2245Z/
HARRISON IN-
626 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR HARRISON
COUNTY...
AT 623 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO STRONGLY
INDICATES A TORNADO WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR CENTRAL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF CORYDON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LANESVILLE...CRANDALL...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT AND 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BYRNEVILLE BY 640 PM EDT...
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRADFORD BY 645 PM EDT...
A PUBLIC REPORT OF 80 MPH WAS ESTIMATED NEAR NEW AMSTERDAM AT 626 PM
EDT.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE DAMAGING TORNADO IN DOGWOOD
AND NEW MIDDLETOWN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR
OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3802 8619 3805 8625 3816 8631 3838 8606
3821 8595 3819 8597 3818 8593 3817 8592
3803 8595 3801 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 222DEG 43KT 3812 8612
$$
JDG000
WWUS53 KLMK 182241
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
638 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
INC061-182248-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071018T2245Z/
HARRISON IN-
638 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HARRISON COUNTY CONTINUES THROUGH 645 PM
EDT...
AT 638 PM EDT...THE STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF DOGWOOD MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE IN NEW MIDDLETOWN AT 641 PM.
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN 8 MILES SOUTH OF CORYDON AT 635 PM. THIS
STORM COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE...SEEK SHELTER NOW IN LANESVILLE
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3802 8619 3805 8625 3816 8631 3838 8606
3821 8595 3819 8597 3818 8593 3817 8592
3803 8595 3801 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 239DEG 38KT 3816 8599
$$
JDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 7:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 29 min |
| Oct 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 36 min |
| Oct 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 33 min |
| Oct 18, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 23 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.