Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 11:57 AM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 11:57 AM EDT (15:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 031557 TORIND INC071-093-031645- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0018.080603T1557Z-080603T1645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1157 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1245 PM EDT * AT 1153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...OR 10 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MEDORA BY 1205 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 3881 8635 3899 8633 3895 8585 3877 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 1557Z 273DEG 34KT 3890 8627 $$ JK
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 031606
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1206 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
INC093-031616-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080603T1645Z/
LAWRENCE-
1206 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3879 8607 3879 8612 3879 8613 3879 8618
3880 8618 3880 8623 3880 8624 3897 8623
3895 8585 3877 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 273DEG 34KT 3889 8616
$$
INC071-031645-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080603T1645Z/
JACKSON-
1206 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTY...
AT 1157 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MEDORA...OR 12 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BROWNSTOWN BY 1215 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 3879 8607 3879 8612 3879 8613 3879 8618
3880 8618 3880 8623 3880 8624 3897 8623
3895 8585 3877 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 273DEG 34KT 3889 8616
$$
JK000
WWUS53 KIND 031615
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1215 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
INC071-031625-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080603T1645Z/
JACKSON-
1215 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT THREATENED TO PRODUCE A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3879 8607 3879 8612 3879 8613 3879 8618
3880 8618 3880 8623 3880 8624 3897 8623
3895 8585 3877 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 273DEG 34KT 3888 8605
$$
JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Clay, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Parke and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 14 days |
| Jun 3, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 67 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 18 days |
| Jun 3, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 11:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 20 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.