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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 10:34 PM EDT for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- May 30, 2008, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hancock County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Greenfield, IN | MAXWELL INDIANA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 310235
TORIND
INC059-310315-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.080531T0234Z-080531T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1034 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1031 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
WEST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY...OR 11 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY AT 1050 PM EDT
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 101.
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 3984 8570 3980 8596 3988 8595 3990 8595
3995 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 253DEG 32KT 3984 8592
$$
CO2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 310252
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1052 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
INC059-310315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080531T0315Z/
HANCOCK-
1052 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...
AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL HANCOCK
COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3984 8570 3980 8596 3988 8595 3990 8595
3995 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 253DEG 32KT 3989 8572
$$
CO000
WWUS53 KIND 310307
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1107 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
INC059-310317-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080531T0315Z/
HANCOCK-
1107 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1115 PM EDT/1015 PM CDT/...
LAT...LON 3984 8570 3980 8596 3988 8595 3990 8595
3995 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 253DEG 32KT 3993 8555
$$
COThe 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, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 39 min |
| 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, 10:47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.