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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 10:32 PM EST for Crawford County, Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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, 10:32 PM EST (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLMK 060333
TORLMK
INC025-037-123-060400-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0013.080206T0332Z-080206T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1032 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EST/1000 PM CST/...
* AT 928 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOLLAND...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FERDINAND AND BRETZVILLE BY 1040 PM EST...
KYANA...ST. MARKS...SCHNELLVILLE AND ST. ANTHONY BY 1045 PM EST...
MENTOR...BIRDSEYE AND RICEVILLE BY 1050 PM EST...
WICKLIFFE BY 1055 PM EST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH ARE LIKELY. REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HAVE OCCURRED IN WARRICK
COUNTY...SO SEEK SHELTER NOW
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY
MORNING/100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3816 8683 3818 8681 3820 8684 3819 8707
3821 8709 3830 8709 3850 8674 3845 8669
3840 8669 3839 8664 3819 8648 3813 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 246DEG 55KT 3821 8701
$$
AL1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLMK 060358
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1056 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
INC025-037-123-060406-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080206T0400Z/
DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
1056 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PERRY...WESTERN CRAWFORD AND
DUBOIS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1100 PM EST/1000 PM CST/...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY
MORNING/100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3816 8683 3818 8681 3820 8684 3819 8707
3821 8709 3830 8709 3850 8674 3845 8669
3840 8669 3839 8664 3819 8648 3813 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 246DEG 55KT 3836 8658
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 10:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 10:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 10:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 11:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 11:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 11:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 11:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 21 min |
| Feb 5, 11:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Scott, Washington | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 12:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 12:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 7:21 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 13 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.