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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2008Clinton County, Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT for Clinton County, Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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: May 30, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2008, 8:34 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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
May 30, 8:16 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	8 W Kokomo, IN	LOCATED AT SR 22 AND 800 WEST
May 30, 8:18 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 E Russiaville, IN	LOCATED AT 700 WEST AND 250 SOUTH

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
May 30, 2:56 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 1830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 310000
TORIND
INC023-067-310045-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0009.080531T0000Z-080531T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
800 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
  NORTH CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSSIAVILLE BY 805 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 4043 8617 4041 8622 4041 8623 4040 8624
      4036 8625 4035 8640 4044 8641 4044 8637
      4052 8637 4053 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 253DEG 32KT 4045 8635

$$

CO

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310034
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
834 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

INC023-067-310044-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080531T0045Z/
CLINTON-HOWARD-
834 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLINTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
HOWARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4043 8617 4041 8622 4041 8623 4040 8624
      4036 8625 4035 8640 4044 8641 4044 8637
      4052 8637 4053 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 253DEG 32KT 4054 8597

$$

CO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	38 min
May 30, 8:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	39 min
May 30, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	48 min
May 30, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	6 hr
May 30, 8:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	39 min
May 30, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	45 min
May 30, 9:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	48 min
May 30, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	43 min
May 30, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 1 more	5 hr
May 30, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	43 min
May 30, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Parke and 1 more	49 min
May 30, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby	58 min
May 30, 10:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock	41 min
May 30, 10:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison	28 min
May 30, 11:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	24 min
May 30, 11:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph, Rush	4 hr
May 30, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	42 min
May 30, 11:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more	51 min
May 30, 11:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	3 hr
May 30, 11:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby	46 min
May 31, 12:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan, Shelby	39 min
May 31, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	26 min
May 31, 12:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	46 min
May 31, 1:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen	31 min
May 31, 1:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Owen	33 min
May 31, 2:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	34 min
May 31, 2:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	29 min
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	5 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	7 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	16 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	17 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	21 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	21 days

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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.