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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Louisville, KY

October 18, 2007Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 10:44 PM EDT for Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 16 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, 10:44 PM EDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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, 10:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Crandall, IN	TREES DOWN

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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 229 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLMK 190244
TORLMK
INC043-061-190300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0030.071019T0244Z-071019T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1044 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

* AT 1041 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CRANDALL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GALENA...GREENVILLE...GEORGETOWN AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  EDWARDSVILLE BY 1050 PM EDT...
  FLOYDS KNOBS BY 1055 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 NORTHWEST KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3822 8607 3830 8615 3841 8600 3840 8598
      3829 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 231DEG 45KT 3830 8604

$$

MJ

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190248
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1048 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

INC043-061-190300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-071019T0300Z/
HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
1048 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR FLOYD
AND CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTIES...

AT 1046 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BYRNEVILLE...OR
ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS JUST NORTH OF GEORGETOWN AND THEN WILL 
AFFECT THE GALENA AREA BY 1055 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 NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3822 8607 3830 8615 3841 8600 3840 8598
      3829 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 231DEG 45KT 3832 8602

$$

JARVIS

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 190256
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1056 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

INC043-061-190306-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-071019T0300Z/
HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
1056 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FLOYD AND CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 1100 PM EDT...


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

LAT...LON 3822 8607 3830 8615 3841 8600 3840 8598
      3829 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 231DEG 45KT 3839 8591

$$

MJ

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, 9:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd	37 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

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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.