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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Louisville, KY

March 2, 2012Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:15 PM EST for Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 3:45 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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
Mar 2, 1:02 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1667 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

836 
WUUS53 KLMK 022015
SVRLMK
INC037-123-022045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0087.120302T2015Z-120302T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
315 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EST/245 PM CST/

* AT 309 PM EST/209 PM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUFF TO HOLLAND TO
  16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLAND...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SAINT MARKS AND SAINT ANTHONY...
  CELESTINE AND TROY...
  SASSAFRAS AND RANGER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3843 8670 3800 8667 3799 8680 3800 8681
      3801 8680 3801 8678 3808 8678 3809 8677
      3811 8681 3818 8681 3820 8680 3820 8707
      3833 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 250DEG 58KT 3833 8695 3822 8694
          3806 8706
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

AL
2 follow-up statements
929 
WWUS53 KLMK 022035
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
335 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC037-022044-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120302T2045Z/
DUBOIS IN-
335 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DUBOIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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 3819 8680 3823 8679 3825 8674 3825 8669
      3800 8667 3799 8680 3800 8681 3802 8678
      3808 8678 3809 8677 3811 8681 3818 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 250DEG 58KT 3844 8656 3833 8655
          3817 8667

$$

INC123-022045-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120302T2045Z/
PERRY IN-
235 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY...

AT 333 PM EST/233 PM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIBERIA TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF KITTERMAN CORNERS TO
SASSAFRAS...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...

  BRISTOW IN PERRY COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3819 8680 3823 8679 3825 8674 3825 8669
      3800 8667 3799 8680 3800 8681 3802 8678
      3808 8678 3809 8677 3811 8681 3818 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 250DEG 58KT 3844 8656 3833 8655
          3817 8667
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

AL
178 
WWUS53 KLMK 022043
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
243 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC123-022053-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120302T2045Z/
PERRY IN-
243 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 PM CST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA THOUGH STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS STILL REMAIN IN THE AREA. 

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 3819 8680 3823 8679 3825 8674 3825 8669
      3800 8667 3799 8680 3800 8681 3802 8678
      3808 8678 3809 8677 3811 8681 3818 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 250DEG 58KT 3849 8638 3838 8637
          3822 8650

$$

AL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 4:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKPerry26 min
Mar 2, 5:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison26 min
Mar 2, 5:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison64 min
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFloyd30 min
Mar 2, 7:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington27 min
Mar 2, 9:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott, Washington36 min
Mar 2, 9:33 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois27 min
Mar 2, 10:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange25 min
Mar 2, 10:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison23 min
Mar 2, 10:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington25 min
Mar 2, 10:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott, Washington29 min
Mar 2, 11:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson17 min
Mar 2, 1:59 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois, Perry46 min
Mar 2, 2:16 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Orange44 min
Mar 2, 2:40 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyLMKClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington50 min
Mar 2, 2:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange3 hr
Mar 2, 2:42 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois18 min
Mar 2, 2:58 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Orange17 min
Mar 2, 3:06 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington39 min
Mar 2, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry26 min
Mar 2, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Perry35 min
Mar 2, 3:26 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKPerry34 min
Mar 2, 3:33 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKPerry27 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott36 min
Mar 2, 3:41 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington34 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison25 min
Mar 2, 3:51 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark24 min
Mar 2, 3:53 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHarrison22 min
Mar 2, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington20 min
Mar 2, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott35 min
Mar 2, 4:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison30 min
Mar 2, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHarrison25 min
Mar 2, 4:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington3 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.