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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 24, 2001Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 7:44 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 24, 2001, 7:44 PM EST (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 8:15 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2001-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2001-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 767 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
767 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
893 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.

476 
WFUS53 KIND 250044
TORIND
INC005-071-250115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
744 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 744 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BROWNSTOWN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF SEYMOUR...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SEYMOUR AT 755 PM EST
  JONESVILLE AT 805 PM EST
  ELIZABETHTOWN AT 810 PM EST

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 3879 8607 3890 8623 3930 8584 3922 8570
          3913 8571 3912 8582 3900 8582

ZIMMERMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 8:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush19 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.