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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 6:08 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Greencastle, 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 37 min |
| Apr 11, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.