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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Louisville, KY

May 25, 2011Orange County, Indiana

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 12:09 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1832 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

EER
1 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

$$

EER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois29 min
May 25, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Orange29 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.