Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 6:40 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 6 reports 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, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2007, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Lizton, IN | ROOF DAMAGE...FARM BUILDING DAMAGE...TREES DOWN |
| Apr 11, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Lizton, IN | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN 3/4 MI EAST ON US136 |
| Apr 11, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Lizton, IN | BARN DAMAGE...ROOF OFF 2 HOUSES...5 HOUSES DAMAGED |
| Apr 11, 6:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lebanon, IN | SR39 AND I-65...BILLBOARDS DOWN...METAL DEBRIS |
| Apr 11, 6:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pittsboro, IN | SR39 AND I-74...BILLBOARDS DOWN...METAL DEBRIS |
| Apr 11, 6:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Lizton, IN | METAL DEBRIS REPORTED IN ROADWAY |
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, 10.7 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.
- 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 112240 TORIND INC011-063-112330- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.070411T2240Z-070411T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 640 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LIZTON...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WHITESTOWN BY 655 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 142. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 66. 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 8671 3976 8652 3994 8625 4019 8641 $$ DRT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 112247 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 646 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 INC011-063-112330- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070411T2330Z/ BOONE-HENDRICKS- 646 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HENDRICKS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES... AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PITTSBORO...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ZIONSVILLE BY 700 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3987 8671 3976 8652 3994 8625 4019 8641 $$ DRT
000 WWUS53 KIND 112258 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 656 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 INC011-063-112330- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070411T2330Z/ BOONE-HENDRICKS- 656 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HENDRICKS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES... AT 651 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR STATE ROAD 267 NORTH OF BROWNSBURG ALONG THE HENDRICKS AND BOONE COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... INTERSTATE 65 MILE MARKER 131 BETWEEN ZIONSVILLE AND WHITESTOWN AT 710 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 8671 3976 8652 3994 8625 4019 8641 $$ DRT
000 WWUS53 KIND 112315 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 715 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 INC011-063-112325- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070411T2330Z/ BOONE-HENDRICKS- 715 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HENDRICKS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3987 8671 3976 8652 3994 8625 4019 8641 $$ 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, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Tipton | 38 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 |
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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.