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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Louisville, KY

October 18, 2007Crawford County, Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 9:41 PM EDT for Crawford County, Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2007, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2007, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, IN, Orange County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 2:31 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2007-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2007-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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 190141
TORLMK
INC025-117-190215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0026.071019T0141Z-071019T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
941 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

* AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PAOLI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PAOLI BY 1000 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.

TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3859 8669 3869 8632 3839 8631 3830 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 230DEG 46KT 3837 8669

$$

JARVIS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190157
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
957 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

INC025-190207-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-071019T0215Z/
CRAWFORD IN-
957 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO ORANGE 
COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3839 8669 3859 8669 3869 8632 3843 8631
      3842 8632 3841 8632 3839 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 230DEG 46KT 3850 8654

$$

INC117-190215-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-071019T0215Z/
ORANGE IN-
957 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR ORANGE
COUNTY...

AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENBRIER...OR
ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SYRIA...PAOLI AND CHAMBERSBURG BY 1005 PM EDT...
  BROMER...LEIPSIC AND MILLERSBURG BY 1010 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 3839 8669 3859 8669 3869 8632 3843 8631
      3842 8632 3841 8632 3839 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 230DEG 46KT 3850 8654

$$

JARVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 8:11 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison34 min
Oct 18, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKPerry33 min
Oct 18, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington29 min
Oct 18, 8:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison34 min
Oct 18, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois46 min
Oct 18, 9:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Floyd37 min
Oct 18, 9:25 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKDubois24 min
Oct 18, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark21 min
Oct 18, 10:15 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOrange, Washington30 min
Oct 18, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson29 min
Oct 18, 10:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.