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Tornado Warning 94, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2011Crawford County, Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 7:42 AM EDT for Crawford County, Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report 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: Jun 19, 2011, 7:42 AM EDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2011, 8:02 AM EDT
In force: 20 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 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
Jun 19, 7:58 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Corydon, 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
Jun 19, 3:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

663 
WFUS53 KLMK 191142 RRA
TORLMK
INC025-061-KYC163-191215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0094.110619T1142Z-110619T1215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 AM EDT...

* AT 738 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
  DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
  WEST OF WYANDOTTE TO LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  CORYDON...
  WHITE CLOUD AND MOBERLY...
  LACONIA AND DOGWOOD...
  CRANDALL AND NEW MIDDLETOWN...
  LANESVILLE AND BRECKENRIDGE...

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 3830 8602 3827 8598 3801 8599 3802 8635
      3830 8633 3831 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 266DEG 42KT 3821 8635 3805 8627

$$

AMS

1 follow-up statement

243 
WWUS53 KLMK 191202
SVSLMK

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

INC025-061-KYC163-191212-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110619T1215Z/
CRAWFORD IN-HARRISON IN-MEADE KY-
802 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MEADE...HARRISON AND SOUTHEASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES 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 3830 8602 3827 8598 3801 8599 3802 8635
      3830 8633 3831 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 266DEG 42KT 3823 8605 3807 8597

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 6:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois, Perry	47 min
Jun 19, 6:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois, Perry	22 min
Jun 19, 7:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Orange, Perry	46 min
Jun 19, 7:11 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	34 min
Jun 19, 7:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison	34 min
Jun 19, 8:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd	15 min
Jun 19, 8:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott, Washington	24 min
Jun 19, 8:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	33 min
Jun 19, 8:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	34 min
Jun 19, 8:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott	28 min
Jun 19, 6:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	47 min
Jun 19, 7:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	43 min
Jun 19, 7:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	49 min
Jun 19, 7:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	17 min
Jun 19, 7:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin, Meade	28 min
Jun 19, 8:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	27 min
Jun 19, 8:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson	36 min
Jun 19, 8:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more	29 min
Jun 19, 8:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren	32 min
Jun 19, 8:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	14 min
Jun 19, 8:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington	33 min
Jun 19, 8:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Jessamine, Mercer, Nelson and 6 more	31 min
Jun 19, 8:50 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	25 min
Jun 19, 8:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	36 min
Jun 19, 9:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more	30 min
Jun 19, 9:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	35 min
Jun 19, 9:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	35 min
Jun 19, 9:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	47 min
Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	30 min
Jun 19, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	33 min
Jun 19, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	23 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	38 min
Jun 19, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	34 min
Jun 19, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Monroe	28 min
Jun 19, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.