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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:32 PM EDT for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 13 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
- May 25, 2011, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Orange County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 1832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
743
WFUS53 KLMK 252332
TORLMK
INC117-260000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0088.110525T2332Z-110526T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
732 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
* AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCARLET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY.
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.
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 3860 8670 3865 8670 3868 8670 3869 8669
3869 8659 3869 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 229DEG 38KT 3869 8666
$$
EER1 follow-up statement
361
WWUS53 KLMK 252345
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
745 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC117-252355-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/
ORANGE IN-
745 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3860 8670 3865 8670 3868 8670 3869 8669
3869 8659 3869 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 229DEG 38KT 3877 8654
$$
EERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.