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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 11, 2007Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 6:37 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2007, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 11, 7:07 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	8 Sw Tipton, IN	3/4 INCH HAIL

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIND 112237
TORIND
INC057-159-112315-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0007.070411T2237Z-070411T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHERIDAN...
  OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARCADIA BY 650 PM EDT...
  ATLANTA BY 655 PM EDT...
  TIPTON BY 700 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 4019 8625 4005 8625 4018 8587 4032 8587
      4032 8610

$$
DRT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 112245
SVSIND

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

INC057-159-112315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070411T2315Z/
HAMILTON-TIPTON-
644 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTIES...

AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHERIDAN...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARCADIA BY 655 PM EDT...
  ATLANTA BY 700 PM EDT...
  TIPTON BY 705 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 4019 8625 4005 8625 4018 8587 4032 8587
      4032 8610

$$
DRT

000 
WWUS53 KIND 112301
SVSIND

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

INC057-159-112315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070411T2315Z/
HAMILTON-TIPTON-
700 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTIES...

AT 656 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES 
NORTH OF CARMEL NEAR BAKERS CORNER.  THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ATLANTA BY 705 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 4019 8625 4005 8625 4018 8587 4032 8587
      4032 8610

$$
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, 6:01 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, 6:40 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.