Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 10:20 AM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 10:20 AM EST (15:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 10:45 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WUUS53 KLMK 021520 SVRLMK INC019-025-061-117-175-021545- /O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0086.120302T1520Z-120302T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1020 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1045 AM EST * AT 1020 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ENGLISH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... SALEM... ENGLISH... HOGTOWN AND TROTTER CROSSING... HARDINSBURG AND REGO... ROSEBUD AND ORGAN SPRINGS... BECKS MILL AND SHORTS CORNER... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. 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 3872 8610 3849 8588 3827 8644 3842 8656 TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 237DEG 48KT 3840 8640 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MP
2 follow-up statements
485 WWUS53 KLMK 021530 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1030 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 INC019-025-061-117-175-021545- /O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120302T1545Z/ WASHINGTON IN-ORANGE IN-HARRISON IN-CLARK IN-CRAWFORD IN- 1030 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...WESTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN HARRISON... SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 1030 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDINSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... SALEM... ROSEBUD AND ORGAN SPRINGS... BECKS MILL AND SHORTS CORNER... HARRISTOWN AND FARABEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3833 8629 3851 8643 3872 8610 3849 8588 TIME...MOT...LOC 1530Z 237DEG 48KT 3847 8626 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MP
456 WWUS53 KLMK 021548 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1048 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 INC019-025-061-117-175-021557- /O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120302T1545Z/ WASHINGTON IN-ORANGE IN-HARRISON IN-CLARK IN-CRAWFORD IN- 1048 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD... WESTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN HARRISON...SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. 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 3833 8629 3851 8643 3872 8610 3849 8588 TIME...MOT...LOC 1530Z 237DEG 48KT 3847 8626 $$ MP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Perry | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 7:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 9:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 9:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 10:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 10:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 10:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 11:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 2:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 2:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 2:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 3:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 3:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 3:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
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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.