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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2024, 4:54 PM EDT for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 3, 2024, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2024, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dubois County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 248 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 3, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 345 PM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-064>067-075>078-081-082-041945- Franklin-Scott KY-Harrison KY-Anderson-Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon- Nicholas-Washington KY-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark KY-Marion-Boyle- Garrard-Madison-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair- Russell-Cumberland-Clinton- 345 PM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 /245 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Indiana and central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered storms are expected late this afternoon into tonight. Locally gusty winds and torrential downpours are the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Scattered storms Thursday and Friday may produce locally torrential downpours and gusty winds. All thunderstorms are a lightning threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms this afternoon and tonight will move to the east around 20 mph. Any users of this storm motion must be aware that thunderstorm activity can be erratic and constantly evolving. Please use this with caution and be prepared for changing conditions. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>034-038-045-053-061>063-070>074- 041945- Orange-Washington IN-Scott IN-Jefferson IN-Dubois-Crawford-Perry- Harrison IN-Floyd-Clark IN-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson- Hardin-Bullitt-Jefferson-Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Spencer-Nelson- Larue-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren- 345 PM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 /245 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024/ ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Indiana and central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/louisville on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Scattered storms are expected this afternoon into tonight. Locally gusty winds and torrential downpours are the main threats. This afternoon will be hot and muggy with heat index readings peaking around 104 to 109. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Scattered storms Thursday and Friday may produce locally torrential downpours and gusty winds. All thunderstorms are a lightning threat. Outdoor Independence Day celebrations may be negatively impacted. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms this afternoon and tonight will move to the east around 20 mph. Any users of this storm motion must be aware that thunderstorm activity can be erratic and constantly evolving. Please use this with caution and be prepared for changing conditions. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. RAS/SRM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:46 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
446 PM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024
INZ083-032115-
Dubois IN-
446 PM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DUBOIS COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
At 445 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Jasper, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Jasper, Portersville, Ireland, and Haysville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8707 3850 8706 3851 8705 3851 8700
3850 8698 3850 8696 3849 8695 3851 8693
3850 8691 3850 8688 3851 8686 3844 8683
3839 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 243DEG 20KT 3846 8704
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MckemyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Dubois | 17 min |
| Jul 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Dubois | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 7:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington | 3 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.