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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Louisville, KY

November 24, 2014Crawford County, Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 2014, 6:52 AM EST for Crawford County, Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2014, 6:52 AM EST (11:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2014, 7:20 AM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, IN, Orange County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 00:00Z on 2014-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 00:00Z on 2014-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 530 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
530 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
510 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 24, 6:44 AM EST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 6:44 AM EST, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 4:06 AM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
406 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-250915-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-
PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-
MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-
OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-
HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-
NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-
LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-
EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-
WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-
ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...
PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...
NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...
EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
406 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014 /306 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING.  EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF
15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.

STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP TOWARD SUNRISE AND CONTINUE INTO THIS
AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS MORNING MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

AMS/JSD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 6:48 AM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
648 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

INZ076-083-084-089-241205-
CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-
648 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND 45 MPH WINDS
WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN PERRY AND INTO CRAWFORD
COUNTY...

AT 646 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENGLISH...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ENGLISH...
  MIFFLIN AND TASWELL...
  TEMPLE AND GRANTSBURG...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3845 8651 3830 8633 3814 8668 3826 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1147Z 233DEG 48KT 3823 8665

JSD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 9:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble32 min
Nov 24, 6:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford17 min
Nov 24, 7:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington32 min
Nov 24, 7:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois, Orange26 min
Nov 24, 7:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott29 min
Nov 24, 7:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange, Washington30 min
Nov 24, 7:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Perry30 min
Nov 24, 7:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Scott23 min
Nov 24, 8:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Harrison, Washington29 min

Nearby

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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.