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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 8:51 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
- May 30, 2008, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 310052 TORIND INC107-121-133-310130- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0011.080531T0051Z-080531T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 851 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAVELAND BY 900 PM EDT... RUSSELLVILLE BY 910 PM EDT... ROACHDALE BY 925 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 45. 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 4001 8672 3974 8671 3976 8711 3998 8710 TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 281DEG 29KT 3988 8717 $$ CO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 310105 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 905 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008 INC107-121-133-310130- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080531T0130Z/ MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM- 905 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM...EAST CENTRAL PARKE AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 855 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF BELLMORE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVELAND...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RUSSELLVILLE BY 910 PM EDT... NEW MARKET BY 915 PM EDT... ROACHDALE BY 925 PM EDT... BAINBRIDGE BY 930 PM EDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4001 8672 3974 8671 3976 8711 3998 8710 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 281DEG 29KT 3986 8703 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard | 34 min |
| May 30, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 38 min |
| May 30, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 39 min |
| May 30, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton | 48 min |
| May 30, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 6 hr |
| May 30, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 45 min |
| May 30, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 48 min |
| May 30, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 43 min |
| May 30, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 43 min |
| May 30, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Parke and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 30, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby | 58 min |
| May 30, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 41 min |
| May 30, 10:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison | 28 min |
| May 30, 11:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 24 min |
| May 30, 11:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph, Rush | 4 hr |
| May 30, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 42 min |
| May 30, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 51 min |
| May 30, 11:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 3 hr |
| May 30, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 31, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 39 min |
| May 31, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 26 min |
| May 31, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 31, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 31 min |
| May 31, 1:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe, Owen | 33 min |
| May 31, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 34 min |
| May 31, 2:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 29 min |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 5 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 7 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 16 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 17 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 21 days |
| May 31, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 21 days |
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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.