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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2011Crawford County, Orange County, Perry County, Indiana; Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2011, 7:10 AM EDT for Crawford County, Orange County, Perry County, Indiana; Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2011, 7:10 AM EDT (11:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 7:56 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 7:31 AM EDTTORNADO1 N Oriole, INAN NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT A VERY SHORT LIVED EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME NORTHEAST PERRY COUNTY INDIANA. THE 60-70 YARD WIDE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.3 MILES SOUTH OF SULPHUR SPRINGS ALONG ROUTE 66 AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR TWO TENTHS OF
Jun 19, 7:33 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGEnglish, INNUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY.
Jun 19, 7:35 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Valeene, INSEVERAL TREES DOWNED AROUND VALEENE.
Jun 19, 7:40 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGBattletown, KYTREES DOWN ON BIG BEND ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 3:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-515 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 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.

877 
WUUS53 KLMK 191110
SVRLMK
INC025-117-123-KYC027-163-191200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0331.110619T1110Z-110619T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
710 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT/700 AM CDT/

* AT 706 AM EDT/606 AM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTON TO 11 MILES WEST OF GERALD...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PAOLI...
  ENGLISH...
  ROLAND AND WICKLIFFE...
  FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND FRENCH LICK...
  ABYDEL AND HARDINGROVE...
  BRAXTONS SIDING AND CHENAULTT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! STAY 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 3821 8629 3818 8632 3818 8634 3815 8630
      3791 8628 3791 8664 3810 8654 3826 8669
      3868 8670 3869 8658 3869 8632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1110Z 270DEG 30KT 3850 8672 3800 8672
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

DK
3 follow-up statements
402 
WWUS53 KLMK 191140
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
740 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

INC025-117-123-KYC027-163-191200-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
ORANGE IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-MEADE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-
740 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM
EDT/700 AM CDT/ FOR NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE...NORTHWESTERN MEADE...
EASTERN PERRY...CRAWFORD AND ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 738 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CHAMBERSBURG TO RHODELIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PAOLI...
  ENGLISH...
  TROTTER CROSSING AND MILLERSBURG...
  CEDAR FLAT AND PAYNEVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3821 8629 3818 8632 3818 8634 3815 8630
      3791 8628 3791 8664 3810 8654 3826 8669
      3868 8670 3869 8658 3869 8632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1140Z 270DEG 30KT 3850 8640 3800 8640
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

JSD
321 
WWUS53 KLMK 191154
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
754 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

INC123-191205-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
PERRY IN-
654 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3869 8632 3822 8629 3818 8632 3818 8634
      3815 8630 3791 8628 3792 8641 3869 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1155Z 270DEG 30KT 3850 8624 3800 8624

$$

INC025-117-KYC027-163-191200-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
ORANGE IN-CRAWFORD IN-MEADE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-
754 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM
EDT/700 AM CDT/ FOR NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE...WESTERN MEADE...EASTERN
CRAWFORD AND EASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 752 AM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED  DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM REGO TO PAYNEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CRAWFORD...EASTERN ORANGE...NORTHERN
  BRECKINRIDGE AND WESTERN MEADE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 8632 3822 8629 3818 8632 3818 8634
      3815 8630 3791 8628 3792 8641 3869 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1155Z 270DEG 30KT 3850 8624 3800 8624
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

AMS
793 
WWUS53 KLMK 191156
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
756 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

INC025-117-KYC027-163-191207-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
ORANGE IN-CRAWFORD IN-MEADE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-
756 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE...
WESTERN MEADE...EASTERN CRAWFORD AND EASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3869 8632 3822 8629 3818 8632 3818 8634
      3815 8630 3791 8628 3792 8641 3869 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 270DEG 30KT 3850 8622 3800 8622

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Perry47 min
Jun 19, 6:53 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKDubois, Perry22 min
Jun 19, 7:11 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Perry34 min
Jun 19, 7:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Floyd, Harrison34 min
Jun 19, 7:42 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison20 min
Jun 19, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd15 min
Jun 19, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Scott, Washington24 min
Jun 19, 8:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison33 min
Jun 19, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Scott34 min
Jun 19, 8:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott28 min
Jun 19, 6:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio47 min
Jun 19, 7:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson43 min
Jun 19, 7:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler49 min
Jun 19, 7:42 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge17 min
Jun 19, 7:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin, Meade28 min
Jun 19, 8:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKEdmonson, Warren27 min
Jun 19, 8:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson36 min
Jun 19, 8:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more29 min
Jun 19, 8:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen, Barren32 min
Jun 19, 8:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Nelson, Washington14 min
Jun 19, 8:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington33 min
Jun 19, 8:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Henry, Jessamine, Mercer, Nelson and 6 more31 min
Jun 19, 8:50 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKWashington25 min
Jun 19, 8:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe36 min
Jun 19, 9:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more30 min
Jun 19, 9:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe35 min
Jun 19, 9:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor35 min
Jun 19, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell47 min
Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford30 min
Jun 19, 9:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Fayette33 min
Jun 19, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson23 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen38 min
Jun 19, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson34 min
Jun 19, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Monroe28 min
Jun 19, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMonroe29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.