Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 2008, 7:05 AM EST for Crawford County, Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 7:05 AM EST (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 7:45 AM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLMK 051206
SVRLMK
INC025-037-123-051245-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0021.080205T1205Z-080205T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
605 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 645 AM CST /745 AM EST/...
* AT 601 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ENGLISH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRISTOW BY 615 AM CST...
APALONA...TERRY...SASSAFRAS AND GATCHEL BY 620 AM CST...
BANDON...BRANCHVILLE AND LEOPOLD BY 625 AM CST...
ORIOLE AND MT. PLEASANT BY 630 AM CST...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.
LAT...LON 3800 8683 3802 8679 3809 8679 3816 8683
3818 8681 3820 8684 3819 8707 3822 8709
3838 8638 3799 8654 3798 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1205Z 259DEG 45KT 3809 8690
$$
132 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLMK 051223
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
720 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
INC025-037-123-051245-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080205T1245Z/
DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
620 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM
CST/745 AM EST/ FOR PERRY...WESTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHERN DUBOIS
COUNTIES...
AT 605 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS IN SPENCER COUNTY REPORTED
A 60 MPH WIND GUST...AND PENNY SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRISTOW...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROCKPORT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BANDON...BRANCHVILLE...LEOPOLD AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF ST. CROIX BY
725 AM EST...
ORIOLE...MT. PLEASANT AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF WEST FORK BY 730 AM
EST...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...SULPHUR AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF GRANTSBURG BY 735 AM
EST...
LAT...LON 3800 8683 3802 8679 3809 8679 3816 8683
3818 8681 3820 8684 3819 8707 3822 8709
3838 8638 3799 8654 3798 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1220Z 259DEG 45KT 3812 8667
$$
JSD000
WWUS53 KLMK 051240
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
739 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
INC025-037-123-051249-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080205T1245Z/
DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
639 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PERRY...WESTERN CRAWFORD AND
SOUTHERN DUBOIS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 AM CST/745 AM EST/...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3800 8683 3802 8679 3809 8679 3816 8683
3818 8681 3820 8684 3819 8707 3822 8709
3838 8638 3799 8654 3798 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 259DEG 45KT 3816 8637
$$
JSDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 9:18 AM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 44 hr |
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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.