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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 2008Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2008, 8:48 PM EDT for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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: Jul 8, 2008, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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
Jul 8, 8:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Brooklyn, IN	SCATTERED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE.
Jul 8, 9:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	9 Nw Martinsville, IN	ALSO PEASIZE HAIL
Jul 8, 9:17 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	3 Ne Bethany, IN

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
Jul 8, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 499 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIND 090048
TORIND
INC109-090130-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0027.080709T0048Z-080709T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
848 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 843 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LAKE HART...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 33 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE HART BY 905 PM EDT...
  BETHANY BY 910 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AND 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3963 8626 3943 8626 3941 8664 3946 8664
      3946 8669 3949 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 258DEG 29KT 3946 8661

$$
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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 090104 RRA
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
904 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

INC109-090130-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080709T0130Z/
MORGAN-
904 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHANY...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING 
EAST AT 24 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BETHANY BY 910 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 3954 8653 3963 8626 3943 8626 3942 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 263DEG 21KT 3950 8640

$$
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000 
WWUS53 KIND 090130
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
930 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

INC109-090140-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080709T0130Z/
MORGAN-
930 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3954 8653 3963 8626 3943 8626 3942 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 263DEG 21KT 3952 8620

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	37 min
Jul 8, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam	47 min
Jul 8, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	44 min
Jul 8, 8:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	4 hr
Jul 8, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	23 min
Jul 8, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion	28 min
Jul 8, 9:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	3 hr

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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.