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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Louisville, KY

April 19, 20118 counties in Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 11:34 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min. 22 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, 11:34 PM EDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 11:47 PM EDT	TORNADO	5 Ssw Paoli, IN	EF0 TORNADO UPROOTED TREES AND PEELED A METAL ROOF OFF OF A SMALL OUTBUILDING
Apr 19, 11:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sse Paoli, IN	90 MPH WINDS UPROOTED TREES AND BLEW HALF OF A METAL ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE
Apr 19, 11:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Paoli, IN
Apr 19, 11:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 63	Orleans, IN
Apr 19, 11:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 65	English, IN
Apr 19, 11:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Leavenworth, IN
Apr 19, 11:59 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Leavenworth, IN	SPORADIC STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTH CRAWFORD AND WEST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTIES. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DAMAGED...EAVES ON TWO HOUSES WERE BLOWN OFF IN ADDITION TO SIDING AND SHINGLES...AND SHEET METAL WAS BLOWN OFF A BARN. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 11.2 MI
Apr 20, 12:03 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Valeene, IN	TREES DOWN
Apr 20, 12:09 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Corydon, IN	TREES DOWN
Apr 20, 12:09 AM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ne Corydon, IN	EF-0 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.3 MILES WITH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. NUMEROUS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE NORTHERN BANK OF INDIAN CREEK.
Apr 20, 12:10 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Leavenworth, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Apr 20, 12:14 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Corydon, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Apr 20, 12:14 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Little York, IN	SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN CITY...SOME TWISTED. SHEET METAL FROM A BARN OFF WASHINGTON STREET WRAPPED AROUND FENCING. WINDS ESTIMATED AT LEAST AT 60 MPH.
Apr 20, 12:14 AM EDT	TORNADO	4 Ssw Little York, IN	EF-0 TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES...DAMAGED A ROOF OF A HOUSE NEAR NORTH RUTHERFORD HOLLOW ROAD. ESTIMATED WINDS OF 65-80 MPH
Apr 20, 12:15 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	New Pekin, IN	TREES DOWN
Apr 20, 12:17 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Scottsburg, IN	TREE DOWN ON GARAGE ON SOUTH LAKE ROAD.
Apr 20, 12:19 AM EDT	TORNADO	Scottsburg, IN	EF-0 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 65-80 MPH. PATH LENGTH 5.2 MILES AND WIDTH 50 TO 100 YARDS. HOTEL NEAR I-65 WAS DAMAGED ON EAST SIDE OF SECOND FLOOR. SEVERAL NEARBY HOUSES HAD ROOF DAMAGE. MORE ROOFS DAMAGED IN SCOTTSVILLE AND NUMEROUS TREES AND BRANCHES WERE
Apr 20, 12:19 AM EDT	TORNADO	Scottsville, IN	EF-0 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 65-80 MPH. PATH LENGTH 5.2 MILES AND WIDTH 50 TO 100 YARDS. HOTEL NEAR I-65 WAS DAMAGED ON EAST SIDE OF SECOND FLOOR. SEVERAL NEARBY HOUSES HAD ROOF DAMAGE. MORE ROOFS DAMAGED IN SCOTTSVILLE AND NUMEROUS TREES AND BRANCHES WERE
Apr 20, 12:20 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wnw Scottsburg, IN	HOUSE ON SHARON DR. HAD TREE DOWN.
Apr 20, 12:20 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W New Frankfort, IN	ROOF OF BARN AND LARGE GARAGE DAMAGED.
Apr 20, 12:20 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Austin, IN	BARN DAMAGED AND FENCING UPROOTED
Apr 20, 12:20 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Galena, IN	TREES DOWN

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 1686 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 387 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.3
Supercell composite: 18.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

140 
WFUS53 KLMK 200334
TORLMK
INC019-025-043-061-117-123-143-175-KYC163-200415-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0029.110420T0334Z-110420T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1134 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT/1115 PM CDT/...

* AT 1131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MULTIPLE       
  TORNADOES. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PAOLI...
  SCOTTSBURG...
  SALEM...
  ENGLISH...
  CORYDON...
  MILLTOWN...
  DEPAUW AND FRENCHTOWN...
  FREDERICKSBURG AND HANCOCK CHAPEL...
  SHORTS CORNER AND ORGAN SPRINGS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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...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 3863 8558 3861 8558 3860 8554 3802 8612
      3803 8647 3805 8650 3802 8653 3802 8657
      3824 8647 3841 8651 3868 8668 3869 8633
      3876 8630 3879 8622 3879 8609 3875 8599
      3876 8592 3873 8587 3880 8582 3882 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 230DEG 55KT 3830 8637

$$

DK

1 follow-up statement

823 
WWUS53 KLMK 200407
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1207 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

INC117-123-200414-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110420T0415Z/
ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-
1207 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PERRY AND ORANGE COUNTIES 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 3863 8558 3861 8558 3860 8554 3802 8612
      3803 8644 3832 8631 3876 8630 3879 8622
      3878 8617 3879 8609 3875 8599 3876 8592
      3873 8590 3873 8587 3880 8582 3882 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 238DEG 42KT 3860 8618

$$

INC019-025-043-061-143-175-KYC163-200415-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110420T0415Z/
SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN-CLARK IN-CRAWFORD IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
MEADE KY-
1207 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MEADE...FLOYD...HARRISON...EASTERN CRAWFORD...WESTERN
CLARK...WASHINGTON AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 1159 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LIVONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

AT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH HAVE BEEN MEASURED ACROSS 
CRAWFORD AND ORANGE COUNTIES WITH WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING 
TREES AND POWER POLES/LINES DOWN. 

* THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SCOTTSBURG...
  SALEM...
  CORYDON...
  HIGHLAND AND RUSH CREEK VALLEY...
  GEORGETOWN AND CANTON...

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 3863 8558 3861 8558 3860 8554 3802 8612
      3803 8644 3832 8631 3876 8630 3879 8622
      3878 8617 3879 8609 3875 8599 3876 8592
      3873 8590 3873 8587 3880 8582 3882 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 238DEG 42KT 3860 8618

$$

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, 10:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	46 min
Apr 19, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	46 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.