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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 11, 2007Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 6:01 PM EDT for Putnam 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
Apr 11, 2007, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2007, 6:31 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 11, 6:08 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Greencastle, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2007-04-11Temperature 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 2007-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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 112201
TORIND
INC133-112245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0005.070411T2201Z-070411T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENCASTLE BY 620 PM EDT...
  FILLMORE BY 630 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 34.

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 3960 8702 3947 8701 3963 8670 3978 8669

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 112215
SVSIND

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

INC133-112245-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T2245Z/
PUTNAM-
615 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PUTNAMVILLE...OR
ABOUT 28 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENCASTLE BY 625 PM EDT...
  FILLMORE BY 635 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 3967 8691 3947 8696 3963 8670 3978 8669

$$
DRT
000 
WWUS53 KIND 112231
SVSIND

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

INC133-112241-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T2245Z/
PUTNAM-
631 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3967 8691 3947 8696 3963 8670 3978 8669

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam26 min
Apr 11, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo31 min
Apr 11, 5:38 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hendricks37 min
Apr 11, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Monroe, Owen44 min
Apr 11, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone31 min
Apr 11, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more38 min
Apr 11, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Tipton38 min
Apr 11, 6:40 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hendricks35 min
Apr 11, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more46 min
Apr 11, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton47 min
Apr 11, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison26 min
Apr 11, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison, Randolph46 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.