Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 3:31 AM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 3:31 AM EST (08:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:46 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Valeene, IN | STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AT 3 SEPARATE POINTS JUST NORTH OF VALEENE. ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALEENE...AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED AND A LARGE CEDAR TREE WAS UPROOTED. THE CEDAR TREE BROKE AN ELECTRIC POLE AND PULLED WIRES DOWN TO THE GROUND. ABOUT 2.7 MI |
| Feb 28, 3:48 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | English, IN | DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED. |
| Feb 28, 3:50 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Marengo, IN | STATE ROAD 66 SOUTH OF MARENGO IS CLOSED DUE TO POWER LINES DOWN ON THE ROAD. |
| Feb 28, 4:05 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Rosebud, IN | THREE MODULAR HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLMK 280831
TORLMK
INC025-061-117-175-280900-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0004.110228T0831Z-110228T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
331 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EST...
* AT 327 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
PAOLI...
SALEM...
ENGLISH...
YOUNGS CREEK AND GREENBRIER...
CHAMBERSBURG AND PINE VALLEY...
TROTTER CROSSING AND REGO...
ROSEBUD AND BECKS MILL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH 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 VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO
THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
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 3878 8617 3879 8609 3824 8608 3826 8668
3837 8669 3838 8670 3868 8670 3869 8633
3873 8633 3878 8628 3878 8624 3879 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 266DEG 60KT 3849 8672
$$
MP1 follow-up statement
057
WWUS53 KLMK 280902
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
402 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
INC025-061-117-175-280912-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0900Z/
WASHINGTON IN-ORANGE IN-CRAWFORD IN-HARRISON IN-
402 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARRISON...CRAWFORD...ORANGE
AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER
SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3878 8617 3879 8609 3824 8608 3826 8668
3837 8669 3838 8670 3868 8670 3869 8633
3873 8633 3878 8628 3878 8624 3879 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 266DEG 60KT 3848 8672
$$
MPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 3:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 4:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 4:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 4:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 4:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 4:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.