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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

January 17, 2012Crawford County, Harrison County, Perry County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2012, 10:14 AM EST for Crawford County, Harrison County, Perry County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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: Jan 17, 2012, 10:14 AM EST (15:14 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 10:45 AM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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
Jan 17, 10:32 AM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Se Curby, IN	SPOTTER SEES RAIN WRAPPED FUNNEL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 587 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 687 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.

243 
WUUS53 KLMK 171514
SVRLMK
INC025-061-123-KYC163-171545-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0003.120117T1514Z-120117T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1014 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST/945 AM CST/

* AT 1011 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN         
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING  
  WIND GUSTS IN DUBOIS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR           
  MIFFLIN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ENGLISH...
  CORYDON...
  CURBY AND PILOT KNOB...
  MILLTOWN AND HOGTOWN...
  FRENCHTOWN AND MOBERLY...
  CRANDALL AND NEW SALISBURY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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 3825 8668 3827 8668 3834 8663 3839 8663
      3839 8631 3841 8631 3841 8604 3807 8609
      3816 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 271DEG 52KT 3830 8651
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

EER

2 follow-up statements

308 
WWUS53 KLMK 171532
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1032 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC025-061-123-KYC163-171545-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120117T1545Z/
PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-CRAWFORD IN-MEADE KY-
1032 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM
EST/945 AM CST/ FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...CRAWFORD...WESTERN HARRISON
AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 1025 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PILOT KNOB...MOVING 
EAST AT 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  CORYDON...
  NEW SALISBURY AND CENTRAL BARREN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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 3816 8671 3823 8658 3829 8647 3839 8645
      3839 8631 3841 8631 3841 8604 3807 8609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1530Z 271DEG 52KT 3829 8620
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

EER

155 
WWUS53 KLMK 171545
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1045 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC025-061-123-KYC163-171555-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120117T1545Z/
PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-CRAWFORD IN-MEADE KY-
1045 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...
CRAWFORD...WESTERN HARRISON AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED DOWNSTREAM FOR 
THIS STORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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 3816 8671 3823 8658 3829 8647 3839 8645
      3839 8631 3841 8631 3841 8604 3807 8609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 271DEG 52KT 3828 8592

$$

EER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 9:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	31 min
Jan 17, 9:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	44 min
Jan 17, 9:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange, Washington	36 min
Jan 17, 10:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	28 min
Jan 17, 10:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	36 min
Jan 17, 10:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	33 min
Jan 17, 10:27 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry	43 days
Jan 17, 10:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott, Washington	30 min
Jan 17, 10:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	26 min
Jan 17, 10:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison	17 min
Jan 17, 10:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	25 min
Jan 17, 10:54 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	36 min
Jan 17, 10:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Perry	18 min
Jan 17, 11:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	28 min
Jan 17, 11:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	23 min
Jan 17, 11:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	26 min
Jan 17, 11:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Jan 17, 11:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio	19 min
Jan 17, 11:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	25 min
Jan 17, 11:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer	37 min
Jan 17, 11:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	35 min
Jan 17, 11:29 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	16 min
Jan 17, 11:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	18 min
Jan 17, 11:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson	31 min
Jan 17, 11:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more	23 min
Jan 17, 12:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue	24 min
Jan 17, 12:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	23 min
Jan 17, 12:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott, Woodford	31 min
Jan 17, 12:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	29 min
Jan 17, 12:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson and 1 more	36 min
Jan 17, 12:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue	33 min
Jan 17, 12:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	17 min
Jan 17, 12:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	36 min
Jan 17, 12:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren	29 min
Jan 17, 12:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	27 min
Jan 17, 12:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas	25 min
Jan 17, 12:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Warren	19 min
Jan 17, 1:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Green, Taylor	35 min
Jan 17, 1:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Simpson	33 min
Jan 17, 1:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	31 min
Jan 17, 1:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	16 min
Jan 17, 1:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	44 min
Jan 17, 1:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	25 min
Jan 17, 1:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	35 min
Jan 17, 1:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	19 min
Jan 17, 1:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Hart, Marion, Taylor	30 min
Jan 17, 1:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	32 min
Jan 17, 1:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	23 min
Jan 17, 1:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor	31 min
Jan 17, 2:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	13 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.