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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2000, 2:51 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2000, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2000, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Morgan County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:56 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Paragon, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -452 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -893 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 091952 TORIND INC109-092015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 251 PM EST TUE MAY 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 315 PM EST * AT 249 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARAGON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PARAGON AT 255 PM EST MARTINSVILLE AT 310 PM EST BETHANY AT 320 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3947 8669 3933 8653 3947 8626 3962 8643 TUCEK/CREAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 45 min |
| May 9, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 34 min |
| May 9, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion, Warren | 46 min |
| May 9, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| May 9, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 26 min |
| May 9, 4:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 39 min |
| May 9, 4:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 28 min |
| May 9, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 9, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 26 min |
| May 9, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 31 min |
| May 9, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 43 min |
| May 9, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 47 min |
| May 9, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Tipton | 51 min |
| May 9, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 51 min |
| May 9, 5:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 27 min |
| May 9, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.