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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 18, 2007Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 10:06 PM EDT for Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 2007, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Howard County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 18, 4:23 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 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 190206
TORIND
INC067-190245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0016.071019T0206Z-071019T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1006 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 1002 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  RUSSIAVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GALVESTON BY 1020 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 4057 8626 4058 8601 4038 8626 4039 8628
      4040 8630 4042 8630 4043 8632 4043 8638
      4048 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 226DEG 50KT 4042 8630

$$
DRT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 190215
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1013 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

INC067-190245-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-071019T0245Z/
HOWARD-
1013 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSIAVILLE...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOCATIONS 5 MILES WEST OF KOKOMO AT 1025 PM EDT
  BENNETTS SWITCH AT 1040 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 4057 8626 4058 8601 4038 8626 4039 8628
      4040 8630 4042 8630 4043 8632 4043 8638
      4048 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 233DEG 31KT 4044 8626

$$
DRT

000 
WWUS53 KIND 190232
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1030 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

INC067-190245-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-071019T0245Z/
HOWARD-
1030 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 1028 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTH 
OF KOKOMO NEAR CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THE HOWARD AND MIAMI COUNTY LINE AT 1040 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 4057 8626 4058 8601 4038 8626 4039 8628
      4040 8630 4042 8630 4043 8632 4043 8638
      4048 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 234DEG 28KT 4053 8611

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warren	34 min
Oct 18, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	36 min
Oct 18, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	45 min
Oct 18, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	49 min
Oct 18, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	35 min
Oct 18, 9:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	42 min
Oct 18, 9:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton	36 min
Oct 18, 10:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.