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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 2001Montgomery County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2001, 7:53 PM EST for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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 25, 2001, 7:53 PM EST (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2001, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Montgomery County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 7:53 PM EST	Tornado F0	Ladoga, IN	Storm spotter reported a tornado touchdown in a corn field. No damage reported.

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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 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.

000 
WFUS53 KIND 260054
TORIND
INC107-260130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
753 PM EST FRI MAY 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 742 PM EST...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A
  TORNADO   2 MILES WEST OF LADOGA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF   
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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 4001 8693 3988 8677 3995 8675 4018 8671

PUMA/SALLY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 4:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	25 min
May 26, 4:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	32 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.