Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 2:42 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dubois County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2:43 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Celestine, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 1770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038 WFUS53 KLMK 021942 TORLMK INC037-022000- /O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0043.120302T1942Z-120302T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 242 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 300 PM EST... * AT 237 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SAINT ANTHONY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL ALSO IMPACT... SCHNELLVILLE... MENTOR... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE ORIGINAL ONE AS IT WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE BUT THE TORNADIC THREAT STILL REMAINS WITH THE CELL OVER BRETZVILLE. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL 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 3851 8669 3829 8669 3824 8690 3842 8692 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 253DEG 54KT 3834 8674 $$ AL
1 follow-up statement
407 WWUS53 KLMK 021959 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 259 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 INC037-022010- /O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120302T2000Z/ DUBOIS IN- 259 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DUBOIS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3851 8669 3829 8669 3824 8690 3842 8692 TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 253DEG 54KT 3842 8639 $$ AL
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, 10:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 25 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, 2:58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.