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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2008, 7:11 PM EST for 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
- Jan 29, 2008, 7:11 PM EST (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2008, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Orange County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLMK 300011 TORLMK INC117-300045- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0008.080130T0011Z-080130T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 711 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 745 PM EST... * AT 709 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAOLI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PAOLI BY 720 PM EST... 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3868 8633 3846 8631 3838 8669 3867 8670 TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 244DEG 67KT 3844 8660 $$ JA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLMK 300030 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 729 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 INC117-300045- /O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080130T0045Z/ ORANGE IN- 729 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR ORANGE COUNTY... AT 726 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY, BATHROOM, OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3868 8633 3846 8631 3838 8669 3867 8670 TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 244DEG 67KT 3858 8621 $$ JA
000
WWUS53 KLMK 300038
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
737 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008
INC123-KYC027-091-183-300047-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080130T0030Z/
PERRY IN-BRECKINRIDGE KY-HANCOCK KY-OHIO KY-
637 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PARTS OF OHIO...
HANCOCK...WESTERN BRECKINRIDGE AND SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES
EXPIRED AT 630 PM CST...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN PARTS OF SOME OF
THESE COUNTIES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3728 8701 3735 8704 3736 8713 3748 8714
3763 8698 3767 8686 3772 8687 3779 8684
3783 8693 3789 8693 3788 8697 3793 8699
3800 8684 3786 8661 3721 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 292DEG 39KT 3789 8702
$$
MBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 29 min |
| Jan 29, 7:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 2 more | 41 min |
| Jan 29, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 27 min |
| Jan 29, 7:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.