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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

June 23, 20164 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2016, 3:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 19 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: Jun 23, 2016, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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
Jun 23, 3:43 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Fredericksburg, IN	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN...

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
Jun 23, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

073 
WFUS53 KLMK 231941
TORLMK
INC025-061-117-175-232000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0017.160623T1941Z-160623T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
341 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
    
* AT 341 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENGLISH...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PALMYRA...HARDINSBURG...FREDERICKSBURG...CENTRAL BARREN...HANCOCK
  CHAPEL AND ORGAN SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3848 8605 3832 8610 3839 8637 3847 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 276DEG 24KT 3843 8631 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

EER

1 follow-up statement

171 
WWUS53 KLMK 231950
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC117-232000-
/O.CAN.KLMK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160623T2000Z/
ORANGE IN-
350 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3848 8605 3832 8610 3838 8632 3847 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 276DEG 24KT 3842 8623 

$$

INC025-061-175-232000-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160623T2000Z/
HARRISON IN-CRAWFORD IN-WASHINGTON IN-
350 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HARRISON...NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...
    
AT 350 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENGLISH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALMYRA...HARDINSBURG...FREDERICKSBURG...CENTRAL BARREN AND HANCOCK
CHAPEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3848 8605 3832 8610 3838 8632 3847 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 276DEG 24KT 3842 8623 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

EER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	25 min
Jun 23, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	32 min
Jun 23, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington	30 min
Jun 23, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	30 min
Jun 23, 3:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	26 min
Jun 23, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	32 min
Jun 23, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Washington	27 min
Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	30 min
Jun 23, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	41 min
Jun 23, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	31 min
Jun 23, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	29 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.