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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

January 30, 2013Orange County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 2:54 AM EST for Orange County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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 30, 2013, 2:54 AM EST (07:54 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 3:25 AM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 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 30, 3:15 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Salem, IN	ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A RESIDENCE NEAR STATE ROAD 160 ALSO 2 BARNS DAMAGED AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jan 30, 3:28 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Salem, IN	ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A RESIDENCE NEAR STATE ROAD 160

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
Jan 29, 10:35 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -280 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 409 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.

401 
WFUS53 KLMK 300754
TORLMK
INC117-175-300825-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0003.130130T0754Z-130130T0825Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
254 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 325 AM EST...

* AT 253 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
  TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SALEM...
  CLAYSVILLE...
  SMEDLEY AND CAMPBELLSBURG...
  RUSH CREEK VALLEY AND PROWSVILLE...
  PLATTSBURG AND KOSSUTH...

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.

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 8614 3878 8610 3876 8601 3877 8599
      3876 8598 3877 8595 3876 8593 3842 8614
      3849 8642 3869 8633 3869 8631 3873 8631
      3877 8628 3878 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 212DEG 41KT 3854 8630

$$

RAS

1 follow-up statement

012 
WWUS53 KLMK 300805
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
305 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

INC117-300815-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T0825Z/
ORANGE IN-
305 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO WASHINGTON 
COUNTY. 

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.

LAT...LON 3876 8601 3877 8599 3876 8598 3877 8595
      3876 8593 3842 8614 3846 8631 3873 8631
      3877 8628 3878 8620 3877 8613 3878 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0805Z 212DEG 41KT 3865 8621

$$

INC175-300825-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T0825Z/
WASHINGTON IN-
305 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 325 AM EST FOR
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 302 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SMEDLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SALEM...
  RUSH CREEK VALLEY AND PROWSVILLE...
  PLATTSBURG AND KOSSUTH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3876 8601 3877 8599 3876 8598 3877 8595
      3876 8593 3842 8614 3846 8631 3873 8631
      3877 8628 3878 8620 3877 8613 3878 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0805Z 212DEG 41KT 3865 8621

$$

RAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 12:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	89 min
Jan 30, 12:49 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	46 min
Jan 30, 1:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	45 min
Jan 30, 1:53 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	27 min
Jan 30, 2:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington	48 min
Jan 30, 2:18 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange	32 min
Jan 30, 2:27 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Orange, Perry	28 min
Jan 30, 2:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	30 min
Jan 30, 2:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington	47 min
Jan 30, 2:59 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Perry	21 min
Jan 30, 3:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Perry	44 min
Jan 30, 3:19 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Perry	21 min
Jan 30, 3:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington	60 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	60 min
Jan 30, 4:09 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison	21 min
Jan 30, 4:20 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott	30 min
Jan 30, 4:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd	39 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.