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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

February 20, 2014Crawford County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 8:53 PM EST for Crawford County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 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: Feb 20, 2014, 8:53 PM EST (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

Counties Crawford County, IN, Perry County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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
Feb 20, 8:57 PM EST	HAIL 1.25	2 Wnw Sassafras, 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
Feb 20, 6:45 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 237 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: 231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

983 
WFUS53 KLMK 210153
TORLMK
INC025-123-210215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0003.140221T0153Z-140221T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
853 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EST/815 PM CST/

* AT 748 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANTA CLAUS...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ENGLISH...SAINT CROIX...DOOLITTLE MILLS...WEST FORK...MIFFLIN...
  SULPHUR...GRANTSBURG...RIDDLE...SWITZER CROSSROADS...TEMPLE...CURBY
  AND PILOT KNOB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3824 8673 3825 8670 3825 8668 3826 8668
      3840 8640 3828 8627 3815 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 242DEG 54KT 3823 8663

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

TWF

1 follow-up statement

147 
WWUS53 KLMK 210209
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
909 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

INC123-210217-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0215Z/
PERRY IN-
809 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF THE 
COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME FROM PERRY COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3827 8657 3840 8640 3828 8627 3828 8628
      3821 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 242DEG 54KT 3832 8639

$$

INC025-210215-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0215Z/
CRAWFORD IN-
909 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 915
PM EST...

AT 902 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF ENGLISH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3827 8657 3840 8640 3828 8627 3828 8628
      3821 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 242DEG 54KT 3832 8639

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

TWF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 20, 8:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	28 min
Feb 20, 8:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	32 min
Feb 20, 8:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	28 min
Feb 20, 8:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois, Orange	44 min
Feb 20, 9:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Washington	28 min
Feb 20, 9:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	29 min
Feb 20, 9:35 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington	3 hr
Feb 20, 9:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	31 min
Feb 20, 9:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd	30 min
Feb 20, 10:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	28 min
Feb 20, 10:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott	30 min
Feb 20, 10:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	32 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.