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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY

April 19, 20114 counties in Indiana; Hancock County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 10:59 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana; Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 15 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: Apr 19, 2011, 10:59 PM EDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 11:22 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Wnw Ireland, IN	EF-1 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 100-105 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 3.1 MILES AND WIDTH 100-200 YARDS. A WELL-CONSTRUCTED 75 FOOT TALL GRAIN SILO HAD THE TOP 40 FT PORTION SHEARED OFF. A 40-FOOT BY 50-FOOT OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYERED NEARBY...WITH SIDING B
Apr 19, 11:22 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 N Huntingburg, IN	EF-0 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 80 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.3 MILES AND WIDTH 200 YARDS. LARGE SWATH OF HARDWOOD TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ADDITIONALLY STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TORNADO PATH...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 70-75 MPH.
Apr 19, 11:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 67	Jasper, IN	MEASURED AT JASPER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Apr 19, 11:25 PM EDT	TORNADO	Haysville, IN	EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HAYSVILLE. IT DAMAGED MOSTLY TREES ALONG ITS 2 MILE PATH. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE WAS FOUND EAST OF HAYSVILLE RIGHT BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED. HERE...SEVERAL TREES 1 TO 2 FEET IN DIAMETER WERE BLOWN OVER. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 75-80
Apr 19, 11:26 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 N Bretzville, IN	EF-2 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 115-120 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 3.3 MILES AND WIDTH 300 YARDS. TORNADO INITIATED NORTH OF BRETZVILLE AND TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST ENDING NORTH OF ST. ANTHONY. LARGE NUMBER OF HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...WITH SEVERAL
Apr 19, 11:26 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Sw St. Anthony, IN	EF-1 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS AT 95 MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 0.4 MILES AND WIDTH 100 YARDS. HARDWOOD TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ALSO...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64.
Apr 19, 11:26 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 W Haysville, IN	A NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO BEGAN 1.5 MILES WEST OF HAYSVILLE...TRACKED FOR TWO MILES...THEN LIFTED 0.5 MILES EAST OF HAYSVILLE. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS TWO MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED NEAR THE INTER
Apr 19, 11:34 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jasper, IN	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.
Apr 19, 11:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jasper, IN	OVERTURNED MOBILE HOMES REPORTED IN THE CITY OF JASPER.
Apr 19, 11:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Taswell, IN
Apr 19, 11:39 PM EDT	TORNADO	Roland, IN	EF2 TORNADO. STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE FROM ROLAND TO ONE MILE EAST OF ROLAND
Apr 19, 11:40 PM EDT	TORNADO	6 S French Lick, IN	EF1 TORNADO 5.6 MILES SOUTH OF FRENCH LICK. TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
Apr 19, 11:40 PM EDT	TORNADO	8 S French Lick, IN	EF1 TORNADO 7.7 MILES SOUTH OF FRENCH LICK. TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT AND NEAR TONYS MARINA
Apr 19, 11:43 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Tell City, IN	TREES REPORTED DOWN.
Apr 19, 11:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Tell City, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 10:13 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 7.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

901 
WFUS53 KLMK 200259
TORLMK
INC025-037-117-123-KYC091-200345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0028.110420T0259Z-110420T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1059 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT/1045 PM CDT/...

* AT 1054 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
  MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HAWESVILLE...
  TELL CITY...
  JASPER...
  SAINT ANTHONY AND SCHNELLVILLE...
  MENTOR AND CELESTINE...
  WICKLIFFE AND ECKERTY...
  GREENBRIER AND ETHEL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...WIDESPREAD HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE
LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER NOW!

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS 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 3851 8708 3850 8695 3853 8685 3853 8670
      3868 8668 3841 8650 3825 8647 3786 8663
      3782 8668 3773 8668 3773 8683 3783 8686
      3783 8692 3788 8691 3789 8698 3793 8699
      3801 8678 3813 8682 3819 8680 3821 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 241DEG 55KT 3827 8693

$$

DK

2 follow-up statements

492 
WWUS53 KLMK 200336
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1136 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

INC025-037-117-123-KYC091-200345-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110420T0345Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-
1136 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT/1045 PM CDT/
FOR HANCOCK...PERRY...WESTERN CRAWFORD...DUBOIS AND SOUTHWESTERN
ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 1126 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SAINT ANTHONY...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

AT 1130 EDT/1030 CDT WIND GUSTS OF 67 MPH WERE REPORTED IN JASPER 
INDIANA...WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ADDITIONALLY...THIS STORM HAS A 
HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH IN EVANSVILLE. 

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HAWESVILLE...
  TELL CITY...
  JASPER...
  TASWELL AND BROWNSTOWN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. ALSO...WIDESPREAD HURRICANE 
FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER NOW!

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 3851 8708 3850 8695 3853 8685 3853 8670
      3868 8668 3841 8650 3825 8647 3786 8663
      3782 8668 3773 8668 3773 8683 3783 8686
      3783 8692 3788 8691 3789 8698 3793 8699
      3801 8678 3813 8682 3819 8680 3821 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 256DEG 57KT 3831 8674

$$

MP

809 
WWUS53 KLMK 200350
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1150 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

INC025-037-117-123-KYC091-200359-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110420T0345Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-
1150 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HANCOCK...WESTERN PERRY...NORTHWESTERN 
CRAWFORD...DUBOIS AND SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 60-70 MPH WINDS WITH 
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT EACH COUNTY.

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 3851 8708 3850 8695 3853 8685 3853 8670
      3868 8668 3841 8650 3825 8647 3786 8663
      3782 8668 3773 8668 3773 8683 3783 8686
      3783 8692 3788 8691 3789 8698 3793 8699
      3801 8678 3813 8682 3819 8680 3821 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 256DEG 57KT 3832 8664

$$

MP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	49 min
Apr 19, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	24 min
Apr 19, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	46 min
Apr 19, 11:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 2 more	41 min
Apr 19, 11:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	12 min
Apr 19, 11:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	36 min
Apr 20, 12:04 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	56 min
Apr 20, 12:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott, Washington	43 min
Apr 20, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Washington	11 min
Apr 20, 12:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson	50 min
Apr 20, 12:35 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	25 min
Apr 20, 10:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd	15 days
Apr 20, 10:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	49 hr
Apr 20, 10:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	17 days
Apr 19, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	34 min
Apr 19, 11:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	30 min
Apr 20, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	47 min
Apr 20, 12:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson	37 min
Apr 20, 12:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Henry, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	46 min
Apr 20, 12:49 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	26 min
Apr 20, 1:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	36 min
Apr 20, 1:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Metcalfe and 1 more	35 min
Apr 20, 1:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio	3 hr
Apr 20, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor	42 min
Apr 20, 1:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 6 more	41 min
Apr 20, 1:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more	34 min
Apr 20, 1:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Simpson	47 min
Apr 20, 1:43 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott	17 min
Apr 20, 1:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe and 2 more	40 min
Apr 20, 1:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 1 more	32 min
Apr 20, 2:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison	43 min
Apr 20, 2:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	28 min
Apr 20, 2:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio	3 hr
Apr 20, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Russell, Taylor	38 min
Apr 20, 2:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	35 min
Apr 20, 2:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan and 3 more	46 min
Apr 20, 2:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren, Boyle, Casey, Edmonson, Grayson, Green and 8 more	3 hr
Apr 20, 2:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Green, Lincoln and 4 more	41 min
Apr 20, 2:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	23 min
Apr 20, 3:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	32 min
Apr 20, 3:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more	29 min
Apr 20, 3:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	26 min
Apr 20, 3:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	28 min
Apr 20, 7:45 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	24 hr

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.