Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 5:34 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 N Spencer, IN | ON 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 4:59 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 46 min |
| Oct 17, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Owen | 23 min |
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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.