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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 1:14 AM EDT for Crawford County, Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 23, 2011, 1:14 AM EDT (05:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Meade County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 22, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
551
WFUS53 KLMK 230514
TORLMK
INC025-061-KYC163-230545-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0049.110423T0514Z-110423T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
114 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT...
* AT 112 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOLF CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
CORYDON...
WYANDOTTE AND VALLEY CITY...
WHITE CLOUD AND MOBERLY...
CRANDALL AND BRECKENRIDGE...
LANESVILLE AND BYRNEVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3841 8607 3820 8596 3818 8596 3818 8594
3813 8591 3805 8641 3812 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 241DEG 56KT 3813 8635
$$
MJ3 follow-up statements
557
WWUS53 KLMK 230530
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
130 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
INC025-KYC163-230538-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110423T0545Z/
CRAWFORD IN-MEADE KY-
130 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED NORTHEAST INTO HARRISON
COUNTY.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3841 8607 3820 8596 3818 8596 3818 8594
3814 8592 3813 8592 3815 8619 3818 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 245DEG 45KT 3819 8616
$$
INC061-230545-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110423T0545Z/
HARRISON IN-
130 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HARRISON COUNTY...
AT 126 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORYDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT...
CORYDON...
BRECKENRIDGE AND NEW MIDDLETOWN...
LANESVILLE AND LOTTICK CORNER...
CRANDALL AND NEW SALISBURY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3841 8607 3820 8596 3818 8596 3818 8594
3814 8592 3813 8592 3815 8619 3818 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 245DEG 45KT 3819 8616
$$
13504
WWUS53 KLMK 230538
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
138 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
INC061-230545-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110423T0545Z/
HARRISON IN-
138 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
HARRISON COUNTY...
AT 135 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1
MILE WEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT...
BRECKENRIDGE AND LANESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3832 8602 3830 8602 3820 8596 3818 8598
3818 8601 3818 8604 3820 8607 3823 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 247DEG 45KT 3823 8601
$$
13839
WWUS53 KLMK 230542
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
142 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
INC061-230552-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110423T0545Z/
HARRISON IN-
142 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 145
AM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT.
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 3832 8602 3830 8602 3820 8596 3818 8598
3818 8601 3818 8604 3820 8607 3823 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 247DEG 45KT 3825 8595
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 12:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 8 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 12:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 12:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 13 min |
| Apr 23, 12:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 3:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 3:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 3:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Perry | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 4:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 4:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 12 days |
| Apr 23, 10:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 6 days |
| Apr 23, 10:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 3 days |
| Apr 23, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 11:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 12:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Jefferson, Orange, Scott, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 2:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 16 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 44 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 1:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 1:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Green, Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson and 2 more | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 2:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 2:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 2:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Mercer and 3 more | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 2:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 3:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 3:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 5:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Nelson, Scott, Spencer, Washington and 1 more | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 5:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer, Nelson, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 6:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 6:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 6:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette and 16 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 10:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 14 days |
| Apr 23, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 28 days |
| Apr 23, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 15 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 31 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 4:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford | 5 hr |
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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.