Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2001, 4:51 PM EST for Hancock County, Shelby 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
- Oct 24, 2001, 4:51 PM EST (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2001, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Hancock County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 5:25 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Middletown, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
464 WFUS53 KIND 242151 TORIND INC059-145-242215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 451 PM EST WED OCT 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE * UNTIL 515 PM EST * AT 450 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRLAND...OR FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON TO 16 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GREENFIELD AT 500 PM EST FAIRLAND AT 510 PM EST MORRISTOWN AT 515 PM EST IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE OR USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. 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. LAT...LON 3991 8595 3952 8596 3947 8568 3991 8561 KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 52 min |
| Oct 24, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 49 min |
| Oct 24, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen, Putnam | 31 min |
| Oct 24, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 36 min |
| Oct 24, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 36 min |
| Oct 24, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 3:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 31 min |
| Oct 24, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 31 min |
| Oct 24, 4:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 36 min |
| Oct 24, 4:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 4:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 35 min |
| Oct 24, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 26 min |
| Oct 24, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 5:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 5:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 32 min |
| Oct 24, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 5:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 28 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.