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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2008, 5:17 PM EST for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 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
- Dec 27, 2008, 5:17 PM EST (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 5:39 PM EST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 272217
TORIND
INC045-107-157-272300-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0030.081227T2217Z-081227T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
517 PM EST SAT DEC 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 516 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WINGATE...
OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHADELAND BY 525 PM EST...
DAYTON BY 530 PM EST...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 169.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 25.
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 4037 8701 4040 8672 4017 8672 4009 8713
4027 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 243DEG 58KT 4023 8702
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 272228
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
528 PM EST SAT DEC 27 2008
INC045-272238-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-081227T2300Z/
FOUNTAIN-
528 PM EST SAT DEC 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4028 8701 4037 8701 4040 8672 4017 8672
4011 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 243DEG 58KT 4030 8680
$$
INC107-157-272300-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-081227T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY-TIPPECANOE-
528 PM EST SAT DEC 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...
AT 524 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
LINDEN...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 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 4028 8701 4037 8701 4040 8672 4017 8672
4011 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 243DEG 58KT 4030 8680
$$
CO000
WWUS53 KIND 272239
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
539 PM EST SAT DEC 27 2008
INC107-157-272249-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-081227T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY-TIPPECANOE-
539 PM EST SAT DEC 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN
TIPPECANOE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4028 8701 4037 8701 4040 8672 4017 8672
4011 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 243DEG 58KT 4038 8659
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 3:37 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 32 min |
| Dec 27, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 50 min |
| Dec 27, 5:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 29 min |
| Dec 27, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 34 min |
| Dec 27, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.