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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 7:08 PM EDT for Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 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
- Jun 27, 2008, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 N Attica, IN | RELAYED 3 REPORTS FROM PUBLIC OF TORANDO. TREES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. DEBRIS IN AIR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 272308
TORIND
INC045-157-171-280000-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0025.080627T2308Z-080628T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
708 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ATTICA...OR
21 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHADELAND BY 735 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 4048 8711 4054 8693 4026 8688 4025 8732
4044 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 267DEG 26KT 4032 8723
$$
CO3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 272326
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
726 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
INC045-157-171-280000-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080628T0000Z/
FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN-
726 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND WESTERN TIPPECANOE
COUNTIES...
AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ATTICA...OR 15 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHADELAND BY 740 PM EDT...
WEST LAFAYETTE BY 750 PM EDT...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4026 8688 4026 8726 4045 8727 4048 8711
4054 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 267DEG 26KT 4036 8712
$$
CO000 WWUS53 KIND 272339 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 739 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 INC045-171-272349- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080628T0000Z/ FOUNTAIN-WARREN- 739 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4026 8688 4027 8710 4048 8710 4054 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 251DEG 31KT 4044 8701 $$ INC157-280000- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080628T0000Z/ TIPPECANOE- 739 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR WESTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY... AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WEST LAFAYETTE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WEST LAFAYETTE BY 745 PM EDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4026 8688 4027 8710 4048 8710 4054 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 251DEG 31KT 4044 8701 $$ CO
000 WWUS53 KIND 272351 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 751 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 INC157-280000- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080628T0000Z/ TIPPECANOE- 750 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/... LAT...LON 4026 8688 4027 8710 4048 8710 4054 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 251DEG 31KT 4047 8689 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 119 min |
| Jun 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 115 min |
| Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 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.