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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

January 29, 2008Orange County, Indiana

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 29, 5:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 394 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
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

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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

$$

MBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry29 min
Jan 29, 7:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 2 more41 min
Jan 29, 7:33 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKWashington27 min
Jan 29, 7:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington38 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.