Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2007, 6:40 PM EDT for Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2007, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 W Spencer, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 042240 TORIND INC119-042300- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0010.070604T2240Z-070604T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 640 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 639 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL OWEN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY AT 650 PM EDT 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. LAT...LON 3923 8670 3919 8687 3931 8703 3937 8690 $$ PUMA
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 042257 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 656 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2007 INC119-042306- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070604T2300Z/ OWEN- 656 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700 PM EDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS DECREASED IN INTESNITY AND IS NO LONGER OR LIKELY TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3923 8670 3919 8687 3931 8703 3937 8690 $$ PUMA
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.