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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Louisville, KY

August 26, 2026Orange County, Scott County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2026, 9:47 PM EDT for Orange County, Scott County, Washington 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
Aug 26, 2026, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2026, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Orange County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2026-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 349 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 2026-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock, Meade30 min
Aug 27, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln15 min
Aug 26, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington24 min
Aug 26, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Scott, Washington30 min
Aug 26, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange, Washington34 min
Aug 26, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange30 min
Aug 26, 11:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKOrange3 hr
Aug 26, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison31 min
Aug 27, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Harrison, Perry30 min
Aug 27, 12:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry3 hr

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.