Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 10:16 PM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 10:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 190216
TORIND
INC071-093-190300-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0017.071019T0216Z-071019T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1016 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MEDORA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MEDORA BY 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 3893 8626 3886 8604 3876 8614 3878 8619
3877 8628 3870 8630 3868 8633 3868 8651
3870 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 218DEG 34KT 3868 8639
$$
SALLY2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 190237
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1037 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
INC093-190247-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-071019T0300Z/
LAWRENCE-
1037 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3893 8626 3890 8616 3889 8616 3886 8604
3876 8614 3878 8619 3877 8628 3882 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 218DEG 34KT 3884 8623
$$
INC071-190300-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-071019T0300Z/
JACKSON-
1037 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY...
AT 1033 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MEDORA...OR ABOUT
13 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY AT 1050 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 3893 8626 3890 8616 3889 8616 3886 8604
3876 8614 3878 8619 3877 8628 3882 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 218DEG 34KT 3884 8623
$$
SALLY000
WWUS53 KIND 190246
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1046 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
INC071-190256-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-071019T0300Z/
JACKSON-
1046 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3893 8626 3890 8616 3889 8616 3886 8604
3876 8614 3878 8619 3877 8628 3882 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 218DEG 34KT 3891 8616
$$
SALLYThe 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, 10:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.