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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 9:23 PM EDT for Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 9:25 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Georgetown, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLMK 190124 TORLMK INC019-043-190200- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0022.071019T0123Z-071019T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 923 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT... * AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GALENA...NAVILLETON...GREENVILLE AND EDWARDSVILLE BY 930 PM EDT... SCOTTSVILLE...STARLIGHT AND FLOYDS KNOBS BY 935 PM EDT... ST. JOSEPH...STARLIGHT AND CARWOOD BY 940 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3855 8581 3842 8565 3824 8594 3836 8603 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 233DEG 32KT 3831 8601 $$ JSD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLMK 190140 RRA SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 939 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 INC019-043-190200- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071019T0200Z/ CLARK IN-FLOYD IN- 939 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN FLOYD AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES... AT 934 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 925 PM EDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF GEORGETOWN...IN FLOYD COUNTY. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BENNETTSVILLE...WILSON...CARWOOD AND SELLERSBURG BY 945 PM EDT... MEMPHIS AND SPEED BY 950 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3855 8581 3842 8565 3831 8590 3839 8598 TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 233DEG 32KT 3840 8587 $$ JSD
000 WWUS53 KLMK 190151 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 950 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 INC043-190200- /O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071019T0200Z/ FLOYD IN- 950 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3855 8581 3842 8565 3837 8578 3844 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 233DEG 32KT 3845 8577 $$ INC019-190200- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071019T0200Z/ CLARK IN- 950 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CLARK COUNTY... AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BENNETTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3855 8581 3842 8565 3837 8578 3844 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 233DEG 32KT 3845 8577 $$ JSD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 33 min |
| Oct 18, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 29 min |
| Oct 18, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 46 min |
| Oct 18, 9:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 24 min |
| Oct 18, 9:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 21 min |
| Oct 18, 10:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Oct 18, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 16 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.