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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Louisville, KY

October 26, 2010Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2010, 9:10 AM EDT for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2010, 9:10 AM EDT (13:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dubois County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 26, 8:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2010-10-26Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2010-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -104 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
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 26, 9:00 AM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 9:00 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 9:04 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
904 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-262100-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
904 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /804 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM EDT...3PM CDT...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT...7PM CDT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...PRODUCING A
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG IT. DAMAGING WINDS ARE
LIKELY WITHIN THESE STORMS...WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN STORMS THAT FORM OUT AHEAD
OF THE MAIN LINE AS WELL AS WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE.

OUTSIDE OF ANY STORMS...EXPECT GENERAL WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY.
SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER
45 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS SHOULD
USE CAUTION AS DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK
BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE NEEDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TO REPORT DAMAGING
WINDS OF ANY KIND.

RJS/AML/AL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 6:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
658 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-261230-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
658 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /558 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010/

...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON ITS WAY TO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
AND JUST ENTERING EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY. THIS LINE OF STORMS
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WITH ONE MEASURED
WIND GUST REPORT OF 78 MPH JUST SOUTH OF SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI.

NEW STORMS ARE DEVELOPING JUST AHEAD OF THIS LINE...AND THESE
STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES AS THEY MATURE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA AND
WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AROUND 9 AM EDT...TO THE INTERSTATE 65
CORRIDOR BY 11 AM EDT...AND THE LAKE CUMBERLAND AND BLUEGRASS
REGIONS BY AROUND NOON EDT. STAY TUNED THIS MORNING FOR LIKELY
WARNINGS.

RJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 10:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio45 min
Oct 26, 10:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio43 min
Oct 26, 10:30 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade15 min
Oct 26, 10:35 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade25 min
Oct 26, 10:37 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKOhio23 min
Oct 26, 10:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio26 min
Oct 26, 10:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Ohio, Warren51 min
Oct 26, 10:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Ohio34 min
Oct 26, 11:00 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Ohio15 min
Oct 26, 11:02 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Ohio28 min
Oct 26, 11:05 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Logan, Warren25 min
Oct 26, 11:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Trimble52 min
Oct 26, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson and 1 more45 min
Oct 26, 11:22 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Shelby38 min
Oct 26, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Logan and 1 more52 min
Oct 26, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Logan, Warren30 min
Oct 26, 11:33 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson, Grayson27 min
Oct 26, 11:42 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin33 min
Oct 26, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Logan, Simpson, Warren32 min
Oct 26, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble29 min
Oct 26, 11:55 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue35 min
Oct 26, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Franklin, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer34 min
Oct 26, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart and 3 more31 min
Oct 26, 11:59 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Shelby, Spencer31 min
Oct 26, 12:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren33 min
Oct 26, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson24 min
Oct 26, 12:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry28 min
Oct 26, 12:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren34 min
Oct 26, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hardin, Hart and 6 more32 min
Oct 26, 12:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Mercer, Nelson, Scott, Shelby and 3 more46 min
Oct 26, 12:39 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Woodford21 min
Oct 26, 12:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Taylor35 min
Oct 26, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott and 1 more31 min
Oct 26, 1:02 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMarion, Washington27 min
Oct 26, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Marion, Metcalfe, Taylor22 min
Oct 26, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe24 min
Oct 26, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford35 min
Oct 26, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas20 min
Oct 26, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Marion, Taylor28 min
Oct 26, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine26 min
Oct 26, 1:38 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Mercer21 min
Oct 26, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more46 min
Oct 26, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey32 min
Oct 26, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison26 min
Oct 26, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison23 min
Oct 26, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton, Cumberland, Russell28 min
Oct 26, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison42 min
Oct 26, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison11 min
Oct 26, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland23 min
Oct 26, 9:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry54 min
Oct 26, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington52 min
Oct 26, 10:31 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKWashington14 min
Oct 26, 10:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington38 min
Oct 26, 10:56 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison19 min
Oct 26, 11:12 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Floyd33 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.