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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 24, 2001Hancock County, Marion County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2001, 5:13 PM EST for Hancock County, Marion County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2001, 5:13 PM EST (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2001, 5:45 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hancock County, IN, Marion County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 24, 11:45 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 12:00Z on 2001-10-24Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

718 
WFUS53 KIND 242213
TORIND
INC059-097-145-242245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
513 PM EST WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 511 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER NEW PALESTINE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEW PALESTINE AT 520 PM EST
  SPRING LAKE AT 525 PM EST
  GREENFIELD AT 530 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 3975 8601 3959 8594 3972 8566 3990 8582

KOCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren52 min
Oct 24, 2:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWarren49 min
Oct 24, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen, Putnam31 min
Oct 24, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke36 min
Oct 24, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe36 min
Oct 24, 3:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan23 min
Oct 24, 3:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen29 min
Oct 24, 3:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton29 min
Oct 24, 3:46 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan, Owen, Putnam29 min
Oct 24, 3:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion23 min
Oct 24, 3:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry34 min
Oct 24, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton31 min
Oct 24, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward31 min
Oct 24, 4:24 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan36 min
Oct 24, 4:37 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Marion23 min
Oct 24, 4:40 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison35 min
Oct 24, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe26 min
Oct 24, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock, Shelby24 min
Oct 24, 5:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry24 min
Oct 24, 5:06 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Monroe24 min
Oct 24, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry29 min
Oct 24, 5:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings34 min
Oct 24, 6:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph28 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.