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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 17, 2007Morgan County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 5:30 PM EDT for Morgan County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
Oct 17, 2007, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 17, 5:34 PM EDTHAIL 0.8810 N Spencer, INON US 231 10 MILES NORTH OF SPENCER

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-10-17Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 172130
TORIND
INC109-119-172200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.071017T2130Z-071017T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
530 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GOSPORT...
  OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GOSPORT BY 535 PM EDT...
  PARAGON BY 555 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 3947 8673 3945 8670 3949 8669 3953 8662
      3944 8639 3933 8668 3934 8670 3933 8671
      3940 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 234DEG 18KT 3938 8674

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 172142
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
542 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2007

INC109-119-172200-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071017T2200Z/
MORGAN-OWEN-
542 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
PARAGON...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PARAGON BY 555 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 3942 8679 3947 8673 3945 8670 3946 8669
      3949 8669 3953 8662 3944 8639 3934 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 234DEG 18KT 3941 8668

$$
000 
WWUS53 KIND 172201
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
600 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2007

INC109-119-172210-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071017T2200Z/
MORGAN-OWEN-
600 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 600 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER IT 
STILL REMAINS A STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS AROUND 
45 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.


LAT...LON 3942 8679 3947 8673 3945 8670 3946 8669
      3949 8669 3953 8662 3944 8639 3934 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 234DEG 18KT 3941 8668

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 4:59 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more4 hr
Oct 17, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen46 min
Oct 17, 5:07 PM EDTTornado WarningINDOwen23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.