Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 90, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 10:25 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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
- May 25, 2011, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Milltown, IN | |
| May 25, 10:31 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 W Mount Carmel, IN | EF-1 WITH 95 MPH WINDS. METAL OUTBUILDING HEAVILY DAMAGED. MANY TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. |
| May 25, 10:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Ramsey, IN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960
WFUS53 KLMK 260225
TORLMK
INC019-025-043-061-143-175-260300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0090.110526T0225Z-110526T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1025 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
* AT 1023 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PROWSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
SCOTTSBURG...
SALEM...
PLATTSBURG AND KOSSUTH...
GEORGETOWN...
PUMPKIN CENTER AND LITTLE YORK...
AUSTIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...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 3882 8570 3845 8572 3822 8633 3839 8633
3839 8631 3870 8633 3876 8630 3879 8622
3878 8617 3879 8609 3875 8599 3876 8592
3873 8590 3873 8587 3881 8581 3883 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 248DEG 50KT 3869 8620
$$
DK2 follow-up statements
263
WWUS53 KLMK 260247
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1047 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC025-260256-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110526T0300Z/
CRAWFORD IN-
1047 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3882 8570 3845 8572 3825 8626 3839 8624
3842 8625 3866 8623 3875 8621 3879 8622
3878 8617 3879 8609 3875 8599 3876 8592
3873 8590 3873 8587 3881 8581 3883 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 247DEG 51KT 3879 8599 3830 8602
$$
INC019-043-061-143-175-260300-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110526T0300Z/
SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN-CLARK IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
1047 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...NORTHERN HARRISON...WESTERN CLARK...WASHINGTON
AND SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 1041 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLATTSBURG TO NEW
SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
60 TO 65 MPH WINDS NEAR RAMSEY.
* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
SCOTTSBURG...
SALEM...
BLUE LICK AND BUNKER HILL...
ALBION AND NEW FRANKFORT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3882 8570 3845 8572 3825 8626 3839 8624
3842 8625 3866 8623 3875 8621 3879 8622
3878 8617 3879 8609 3875 8599 3876 8592
3873 8590 3873 8587 3881 8581 3883 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 247DEG 51KT 3879 8599 3830 8602
$$
EER432
WWUS53 KLMK 260301
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1101 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC019-043-061-143-175-260311-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110526T0300Z/
SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN-CLARK IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
1101 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...NORTHERN HARRISON...
WESTERN CLARK...WASHINGTON AND SCOTT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. A NEW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE WARNED
AREA FOR THE CONTINUED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3882 8570 3845 8572 3825 8626 3839 8624
3842 8625 3866 8623 3875 8621 3879 8622
3878 8617 3879 8609 3875 8599 3876 8592
3873 8590 3873 8587 3881 8581 3883 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 247DEG 51KT 3879 8597 3830 8600
$$
EERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 27 min |
| May 25, 9:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 52 min |
| May 25, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 38 min |
| May 25, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison | 41 min |
| May 25, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 29 min |
| May 25, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 45 min |
| May 25, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.