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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

March 4, 2026Orange County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2026, 11:40 AM EST for Orange County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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
Mar 4, 2026, 11:40 AM EST (16:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2026, 12:15 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 1:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHenry37 min
Mar 4, 1:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison, Scott34 min
Mar 4, 1:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette, Woodford35 min
Mar 4, 2:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison, Nicholas30 min
Mar 4, 2:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon25 min
Mar 4, 2:53 PM ESTFlood WatchLMKHancock, Trimble25 hr
Mar 4, 11:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange30 min
Mar 4, 11:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington32 min
Mar 4, 12:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott36 min

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.