Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 8:34 PM EST for Greene County, Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 8:34 PM EST (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 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 060134
TORIND
INC055-083-153-060215-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0004.080206T0134Z-080206T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
834 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EST
* AT 730 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
RUSSELLVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OAKTOWN BY 845 PM EST...
CARLISLE BY 850 PM EST...
SANDBORN BY 900 PM EST...
LINTON BY 905 PM EST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL 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 3895 8754 3906 8716 3895 8703 3877 8752
3879 8752 3882 8755 3884 8755 3886 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 250DEG 48KT 3883 8759
$$
JOHNSON2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 060147
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
847 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
INC055-083-153-060215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080206T0215Z/
GREENE-KNOX-SULLIVAN-
847 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN
COUNTIES...
AT 843 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
CARLISLE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LINTON BY 855 PM EST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3895 8754 3906 8716 3895 8703 3877 8752
3879 8752 3882 8755 3884 8755 3886 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 250DEG 48KT 3895 8723
$$
KOCH000
WWUS53 KIND 060200
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
900 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
INC055-083-153-060215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080206T0215Z/
GREENE-KNOX-SULLIVAN-
900 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN
COUNTIES...
AT 856 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LINTON...OR ABOUT
30 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 55 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 3895 8754 3906 8716 3895 8703 3877 8752
3879 8752 3882 8755 3884 8755 3886 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 250DEG 48KT 3903 8710
$$
KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 38 min |
| Feb 5, 8:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 8:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen | 49 min |
| Feb 5, 9:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 50 min |
| Feb 5, 9:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 48 min |
| Feb 5, 10:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Lawrence, Martin | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 10:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson | 46 min |
| Feb 5, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 45 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.