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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 458, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2011, 7:30 PM EST for Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 14, 2011, 7:30 PM EST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties 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 00:31 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
524
WUUS53 KLMK 150030
SVRLMK
INC037-123-150100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0458.111115T0030Z-111115T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
730 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EST/700 PM CST/
* AT 628 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF HOLLAND...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
JASPER...
HOLLAND AND DUFF...
HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT AND JOHNSBURG...
FERDINAND AND BRETZVILLE...
KYANA AND SAINT MARKS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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 3847 8671 3798 8667 3799 8679 3800 8681
3801 8680 3801 8678 3808 8678 3809 8677
3811 8681 3820 8680 3820 8702 3821 8708
3837 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 263DEG 43KT 3822 8716
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
AMS1 follow-up statement
860
WWUS53 KLMK 150045
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
745 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
INC037-123-150100-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0458.000000T0000Z-111115T0100Z/
PERRY IN-DUBOIS IN-
745 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM
EST/700 PM CST/ FOR DUBOIS AND WESTERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 741 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSBURG...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
JASPER...
FERDINAND AND BRETZVILLE...
KYANA AND SAINT MARKS...
SIBERIA AND KITTERMAN CORNERS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 8671 3798 8667 3799 8679 3800 8681
3801 8680 3801 8678 3808 8678 3809 8677
3811 8681 3820 8680 3820 8702 3821 8708
3837 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 263DEG 43KT 3824 8693
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
AMSWhat 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 Nov 14, 6:21 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 6:21 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
area forecast discussion national weather service louisville ky 621 pm est mon nov 14 2011 ...Mesoscale update... Updated the next couple of hours' worth of grids to reflect the line of storms just now beginning to penetrate the cwa in southern indiana. For the remainder of tonight, the main threat appears to be damaging winds, hail, and the possibility of an isolated tornado but the latter hazardous weather should remain in Southern Indiana and north-central Kentucky. && .Short term (this evening through tuesday)... ...Strong to severe storms possible this evening/moderate to heavy rain overnight... Surface wave associated with the right entrance region of an upper level jet will move from central Illinois to north central Indiana this evening along a nearly stationary frontal boundary. Tornadic storms have already fired just ahead of this boundary from east Central Illinois to north central Indiana. The broken line of storms will gradually sink south through the late afternoon and early evening with storm motion from wsw to ene along the line. At this point, the best time frame for the line and clusters of storms ahead of the line into Southern Indiana and along the Ohio River would be from 7 pm to midnight est. Thereafter, broken line of storms/quasi-linear structures should sink south of the ohio river into north central Kentucky and make progress into the blue grass. Latest laps soundings still show a weakly capped environment over the forecast area, however this should not last long as narrow axis of low 60s dew points and steeper mid level lapse rates move in over the next few hours. Forecast soundings for later this evening are quite impressive with strong speed shear sufficient for supercells and bowing segments, and dry mid level air that would support a damaging wind threat. Surface based instability should be on the order of 500 to 1000 j/kg across S. Indiana/N Central Kentucky, although if storms arrive toward the end of the time frame offered above, storms will likely be slightly more elevated. With the timing of storms more toward the evening, like that the biggest tornado threat is to the north of the Ohio river, with more of a damaging wind threat from broken line segments into our area. A few splitting supercells cannot be ruled out through the evening. As we move into the overnight hours, column saturates with pwats increasing to 1" - 1.5" through the column. This will support a heavy rain/flash flooding threat, especially with storm movement parallel to the mid level flow/training. The most likely area to experience 1" to locally 2" of rainfall will be along and just south of the i 64 corridor overnight. Have kept low temperatures for the overnight on the high side of guidance with mild dew points in the region and heavy sky cover. As front sinks south of the Ohio river toward dawn, Southern Indiana could see the low to mid 50s. Elsewhere south of this line, mid to upper 50s are anticipated with perhaps a low 60 reading in the lake cumberland region. As we move into daybreak on tuesday, frontal boundary will stay parallel to the mid level flow and stalled over the center of our cwa. This will keep steady rain and scattered thunderstorms ongoing through the whole day. An additional 0.5" - 1" amounts will be possible. The mercury will not move a whole lot tomorrow with highs only in the upper 50s to low 60s. .Long term (Tuesday night - Monday)... Low pressure will spin up over Texas Tuesday and move northeast up the surface boundary into the Tennessee Valley Wednesday morning, and off to New England by Wednesday evening. Plenty of moisture will accompany this wave and widespread showers are expected tuesday night into wednesday morning, decreasing Wednesday afternoon as the wave moves quickly away. During the tuesday night-wednesday time period it looks like qpf amounts of 1 to 2.5 inches will be possible in Kentucky, with 0.5 to 1 inch amounts in southern indiana. Embedded rumbles of thunder will be possible tuesday night, but this will be more of a heavy rain scenario than a severe scenario. High pressure will move in from the west and across the region behind the departing storm system, providing us with dry pleasant weather wednesday night through at least friday night. The coolest temperatures will come wednesday night and thursday night with lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s, and highs thursday around 50, or about 10 degrees below normal. Temps will then begin to moderate heading into the weekend ahead of the next approaching storm system. A plains storm system will get itself together friday night and saturday and head east into the ohio valley sunday. After a brief break sunday night another red river valley wave may develop and move northeast into our neck of the woods on monday. The 00z model runs brought precip into the lmk cwa as early as saturday, however the cold front won't arrive until sunday, the 12z gfs keeps precip off to our west on saturday, and general model behavior lately has been to steadily slow systems down in their solutions. So, will keep any pops saturday quite low, and will reserve higher pops for saturday night into sunday with the passage of the cold front. Will continue pops into monday as that southern wave brings more showers into the area. && .Aviation (00z taf issuance)... Well...through 00z the main issue will be gusty s-swly winds of 15 to 25 mph range with gusts to 30 mph range. These will be slacken to 10-20 range thereafter with some gusts up to 25...with higher gusts in convection. Sct strong to severe storms have developed across se mo and srn il and are rapidly move e-ne and beginning to merge with the initial line of the storms over Central IL/IN. These storms will affect sdf 1st between 8 pm to 11 pm est time frame. LEX's threat should be more in the 930 pm to 1230 am est. BWG's svr threat is minimal and would be after midnight. The main threat will be strong damaging winds. Overnight the frontal boundary will stall out across the area...bringing a moderate rain threat with prevailing low mvfr conditions and occasional ifr conditions. Intermittent rain showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible during the day on tuesday as the frontal boundary remains over the area. && .Lmk watches/warnings/advisories... In...none. Ky...none. Mesoscale.....LG Short term....BJS Long term.....TAR Aviation......JDG
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 3:47 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 347 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-152100- 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- 347 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 /247 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN 7 PM AND MIDNIGHT EST. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT MAINLY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA OR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AS MUCH AS 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES COULD FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I 64 CORRIDOR WITH AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING THAT TIME SHOULD BE ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES IN KENTUCKY AND 0.5 TO 1 INCH IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY TUESDAY EVENING...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A PLAINS STORM SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE PICTURE THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. BJS/13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:56 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 456 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>055-061>063-070- 071-150000- 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- BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN 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...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN 456 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 /356 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011/ ...STRONG STORM THREAT THIS EVENING... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FROM NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS...SOME OF WHICH ARE STRONG TO SEVERE...WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TO THE BLUE GRASS BETWEEN 7 PM AND MIDNIGHT EST. ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE STRONG STORM THREAT WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO A HEAVY RAIN THREAT WHERE AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR ALON AND SOUTH OF THE I 64 CORRIDOR. BJS
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 7:09 PM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
709 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
INZ076-083-150045-
DUBOIS-ORANGE-
709 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50
MPH OVER NORTHERN DUBOIS COUNTY INDIANA...
AT 703 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF SHOALS TO 7
MILES WEST OF JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO
40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
HINDOSTAN AND SCARLET...
ORANGEVILLE AND PROSPECT...
ORLEANS AND WEST BADEN SPRINGS...
LEIPSIC AND FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8693 3850 8688 3853 8684 3853 8669
3867 8669 3868 8668 3868 8630 3846 8667
3840 8708 3841 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 253DEG 45KT 3858 8671 3843 8698
TWFSpecial weather statement, Nov 14, 7:23 PM EST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
723 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
INZ083-150100-
DUBOIS-
723 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 60 MPH WINDS...
AT 720 PM EST/620 PM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINSLOW...
AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...HALF INCH HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
JASPER...
HOLLAND...
JOHNSBURG AND HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT...
SAINT HENRY AND FERDINAND...
SAINT MARKS AND BRETZVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3844 8682 3820 8680 3820 8702 3820 8707
3821 8708 3840 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 258DEG 43KT 3818 8730
AMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 7:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 7:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 37 min |
| Nov 14, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 34 min |
| Nov 14, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Scott, Washington | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 7:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 35 min |
| Nov 14, 8:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 26 min |
| Nov 14, 8:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Washington | 24 min |
| Nov 14, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 33 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.