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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2011Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 6:53 AM EDT for Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 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
Jun 19, 2011, 6:53 AM EDT (10:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 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
Jun 19, 3:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-515 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

742 
WFUS53 KLMK 191053
TORLMK
INC037-123-191115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0091.110619T1053Z-110619T1115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
653 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 715 AM EDT/615 AM CDT/...

* AT 547 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLAND...MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HOLLAND...
  HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT AND JOHNSBURG...
  FERDINAND AND BRETZVILLE...
  SAINT MARKS AND SAINT ANTHONY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

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 3839 8686 3815 8674 3814 8682 3816 8682
      3818 8680 3820 8681 3820 8701 3820 8708
      3821 8708 3830 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 252DEG 42KT 3819 8714

$$

AMS
1 follow-up statement
855 
WWUS53 KLMK 191115
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
715 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

INC037-123-191125-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110619T1115Z/
DUBOIS IN-PERRY IN-
715 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PERRY AND SOUTHWESTERN DUBOIS
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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 3839 8686 3815 8674 3814 8682 3816 8682
      3818 8680 3820 8681 3820 8701 3820 8708
      3821 8708 3830 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 1053Z 252DEG 42KT 3819 8712

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Perry47 min
Jun 19, 7:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange, Perry46 min
Jun 19, 7:11 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Perry34 min
Jun 19, 7:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Floyd, Harrison34 min
Jun 19, 7:42 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison20 min
Jun 19, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd15 min
Jun 19, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Scott, Washington24 min
Jun 19, 8:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison33 min
Jun 19, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Scott34 min
Jun 19, 8:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott28 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.