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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 2017Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2017, 5:47 AM EST for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2017, 5:47 AM EST (10:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2017, 6:00 AM EST
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 9:29 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2017-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2017-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 416 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
126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
416 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

083 
WFUS53 KLMK 011047
TORLMK
INC175-011100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.TO.W.0005.170301T1047Z-170301T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
547 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Washington County in south central Indiana...

* Until 600 AM EST
    
* At 546 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles east of Paoli, moving east at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  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...
  Hardinsburg, Livonia, Fredericksburg, Shorts Corner, Becks Mill,
  Organ Springs and Rosebud.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3855 8602 3842 8614 3842 8618 3846 8631
      3855 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1046Z 280DEG 56KT 3852 8629 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

TWF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 11:56 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois34 min
Mar 1, 12:33 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKOrange28 min
Mar 1, 12:48 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKWashington42 min
Mar 1, 1:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Scott31 min
Mar 1, 1:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois23 min
Mar 1, 1:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry32 min
Mar 1, 1:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson29 min
Mar 1, 1:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry41 min
Mar 1, 2:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Perry30 min
Mar 1, 2:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison35 min
Mar 1, 2:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Scott31 min
Mar 1, 2:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison49 min
Mar 1, 3:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison29 min
Mar 1, 5:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois, Orange, Washington42 min
Mar 1, 5:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Washington27 min
Mar 1, 5:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Perry and 2 more33 min
Mar 1, 6:04 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark26 min
Mar 1, 6:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott23 min
Mar 1, 6:46 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry3 hr
Mar 1, 6:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison44 min
Mar 1, 8:05 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott3 hr
Mar 1, 9:38 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Scott17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.