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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 11, 2007Boone County, Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 5:38 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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: Apr 11, 2007, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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
Apr 11, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 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 112138
TORIND
INC011-063-112215-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0004.070411T2138Z-070411T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
538 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH
  SALEM...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LIZTON BY 545 PM EDT...
  PITTSBORO BY 550 PM EDT...
  WHITESTOWN BY 610 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 139.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 64.

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 3987 8670 3977 8655 4000 8625 4010 8638

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 112148
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
546 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

INC011-063-112215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-
546 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HENDRICKS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES...

AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
DANVILLE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LIZTON BY 600 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 3987 8670 3977 8655 4000 8625 4010 8638

$$
DRT

000 
WWUS53 KIND 112205
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
604 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

INC011-063-112215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-
604 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HENDRICKS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES...

AT 600 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAYETTE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF
BROWNSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITESTOWN BY 615 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 3987 8670 3977 8655 4000 8625 4010 8638

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	26 min
Apr 11, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	31 min
Apr 11, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen	44 min
Apr 11, 6:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Putnam	30 min
Apr 11, 6:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone	31 min
Apr 11, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more	38 min
Apr 11, 6:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Tipton	38 min
Apr 11, 6:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks	35 min
Apr 11, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more	46 min
Apr 11, 7:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	47 min
Apr 11, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	26 min
Apr 11, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Randolph	46 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.