Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 10:47 PM EDT for Hancock County, Henry County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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
- May 30, 2008, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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, 10:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Shirley, IN | |
| May 30, 11:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Knightstown, IN | |
| May 30, 11:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Knightstown, IN | HOUSE DAMAGE...6 TO 7 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN...NO POWER IN TOWN |
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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 310247
TORIND
INC059-065-095-310330-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0014.080531T0247Z-080531T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1047 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1045 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING
EAST AT 48 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHIRLEY BY 1055 PM EDT...
KENNARD BY 1100 PM EDT...
GREENSBORO BY 1105 PM EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 123.
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 3979 8564 3978 8564 3978 8568 3996 8574
4005 8546 3979 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 267DEG 42KT 3990 8571
$$
CO1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIND 310315
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1115 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
INC059-065-095-310325-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080531T0330Z/
HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-
1115 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK...WESTERN HENRY AND
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3979 8564 3978 8564 3978 8568 3996 8574
4005 8546 3979 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 267DEG 42KT 3991 8528
$$
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, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 41 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.