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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 8, 2009Clinton County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2009, 4:22 PM EDT for Clinton County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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: Mar 8, 2009, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2009, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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
Mar 8, 4:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Kokomo, IN	TREE DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 18 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 8, 11:39 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 8, 2:52 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 082022
SVRIND
INC023-067-159-082115-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0007.090308T2022Z-090308T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
422 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO...
  TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF KOKOMO TO FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MICHIGANTOWN BY 430 PM EDT...
  RUSSIAVILLE BY 435 PM EDT...
  TIPTON BY 440 PM EDT...
  SHARPSVILLE BY 445 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
TIPPECANOE AND CARROLL COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4058 8586 4025 8587 4023 8624 4022 8627
      4022 8660 4044 8641 4044 8637 4058 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 240DEG 54KT 4077 8620 4045 8641
          4027 8652

$$

NIELD

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 082038
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
438 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INC023-067-159-082115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090308T2115Z/
CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-
437 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR TIPTON...EASTERN CLINTON AND HOWARD COUNTIES...

AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM GALVESTON TO MICHIGANTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SHARPSVILLE BY 445 PM EDT...
  WINDFALL BY 450 PM EDT...
  CONVERSE BY 500 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS 
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4058 8586 4025 8587 4023 8624 4022 8627
      4022 8660 4044 8641 4044 8637 4058 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 240DEG 54KT 4063 8609 4057 8613
          4039 8625

$$

NIELD

000 
WWUS53 KIND 082055
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
455 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INC023-082103-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090308T2115Z/
CLINTON-
453 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS HAVE EXITED CLINTON COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE 
OCCURRING BEHIND THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SMALL 
LIMBS...AND CAUSE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND OTHER UNSECURED 
OUTDOOR ITEMS TO BE BLOWN AROUND.

LAT...LON 4030 8624 4042 8625 4058 8625 4058 8586
      4034 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 240DEG 54KT 4066 8588 4060 8593
          4042 8605

$$

INC067-159-082115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090308T2115Z/
HOWARD-TIPTON-
453 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN TIPTON AND HOWARD COUNTIES...

AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERU TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
KOKOMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CONVERSE BY 500 PM EDT...

THE PRECIPITATION WITH THESE STORMS HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY...BUT 
HIGH WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS WEAKEN. DO NOT VENTURE 
OUTDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS 
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4030 8624 4042 8625 4058 8625 4058 8586
      4034 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 240DEG 54KT 4066 8588 4060 8593
          4042 8605

$$

NIELD

000 
WWUS53 KIND 082105
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
505 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INC159-082114-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090308T2115Z/
TIPTON-
504 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TIPTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE OCCURRING BEHIND THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS 
MAY BRING DOWN SMALL LIMBS...AND CAUSE TRASH CANS...PATIO 
FURNITURE...AND OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS TO BE BLOWN AROUND.

LAT...LON 4042 8587 4042 8611 4058 8609 4058 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 240DEG 51KT 4066 8578 4048 8590

$$

INC067-082115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090308T2115Z/
HOWARD-
504 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM CONVERSE TO GREENTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS 
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4042 8587 4042 8611 4058 8609 4058 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 240DEG 51KT 4066 8578 4048 8590

$$

NIELD

000 
WWUS53 KIND 082110
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
510 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INC067-082119-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090308T2115Z/
HOWARD-
509 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY WILL 
EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...

STRONG WINDS...GUSTING TO NEAR 55 MPH...ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE 
FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEHIND THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS MAY BRING DOWN 
SMALL LIMBS...AND CAUSE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND OTHER 
UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS TO BE BLOWN AROUND.

LAT...LON 4042 8587 4042 8611 4058 8609 4058 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 240DEG 51KT 4069 8569 4051 8582

$$

NIELD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 8, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
225 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

.DISCUSSION...PROGRESSIVE AND UNSETTLED PATTERN XPCTD FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS LONG WV TROF CURRENTLY OVR THE W CST MOVES INTO THE
MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. INTITAL UPPR SYS
CURRENTLY OVR ERN IA/NW IL...XPCTD TO MOV NEWD ACRS THE GRTLKS
TONIGHT...WHILE THE NEXT IMPULSE MOVES INTO THE AREA ARND TUES.
MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE MAIN DETAILS. FCST FOCUS CENTERS
ON WNDS TONIGHT AND POPS.

IN THE NR TERM...CDFNT PROGRESSING EWD ACRS IL WITH SCT LN OF
CONVECTION JUST AHEAD OF IT. MODELS PROG CDFNT TO THE ERN BORDER ARND
00Z/MON. SVR THREAT WL CONTINUE AHEAD OF CDFNT...WITH WT49 IN EFFECT
FOR THE WRN AREAS TIL 21Z. PCPN THREAT SHOULD END WITH FROPA. WL
LEAVE SOME CHC POPS OVR THE FAR ERN/SERN ZONES FOR AN HR OR TWO PAST
00Z TO COVER ANY LINGERING PCPN. APPEARS SOME 40-45KT GUSTS ARE
LIKELY IN THE DRY SLOT BEHIND FROPA LTR THIS AFT...SO PLANNING ON
ADJUSTING WND ADVISORY TO COVER XPCTD GUSTS LTR THIS AFT. COULD BE A
FEW HRS OF CLRG UNDERNEATH DRY SLOT BEFORE LWR CLDS FILL BACK IN.

IN THR LTR PDS...MON XPCTD TO BE DRY WITH SFC HI PRES RDG SETTLING
INTO THE AREA. BY LT MON NIGHT...STG LLJ NOSES BACK INTO THE AREA
WHICH SHOULD AID IN PCPN DVLPMT AGAIN. WL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR LT
MON NIGHT AND TUES.

LO LVL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE GFS MOS HIGHS FOR MON MAY BE ABOUT 5
DEGS TOO COOL...OTRW GUIDANCE LOOKS OK FOR NOW.

THE EXTENDED LOOKS DRY AND COOLER AS COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRES BUILDS
IN. MADE LITTLE CHANGES THERE.

&&

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS
AWIPS DISTANCE SPEED TOOL IS ESTIMATING ETA OF WRN IL SQUALL LINE TO
LAF AND HUF AROUND 19Z AND IND AND BMG AROUND 21Z. SO...WL JUST PUT
TRWS IN THE MAIN GROUP FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. TRENDS HAVE BEEN FOR
MVFR CIGS AND IFR VSBYS WITHIN THE STORM ACTIVITY. AFTER
THAT...EXPECT AREAS OF MVFR CIGS THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z MON PER MODEL
TIME SECS...SATELLITE TRENDS AND SFC OBS. BUFKIT AND MODEL TIME SECS
ALONG WITH UPSTREAM OBS FAVOR SW WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 KTS. WINDS
TO SHIFT TO THE NW AT FROPA WHICH SOULD BE AROUND 01Z AT LAF AND HUF
AND 03Z AT IND AND BMG. THE GUSTS SHOULD END IN THE EARLY OVERNIGHT
AND HIGH PRES BUILDS IN.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072.

&&

PUBLIC...JAS
AVIATION...MK

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 9:24 AM EDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
924 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INZ021-030-031-036>042-044>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-091100-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-
CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
924 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FROM MIDDAY INTO THIS
EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE STRONG AND SHEARED
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF A FRANKFORT TO KOKOMO LINE FROM PERSISTENT HEAVY
RAINFALL.

STRONG WEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE STORMS AS A SHARP COLD FRONT
SWEEPS EAST THROUGH INDIANA. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH BRIEF
GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY MIDDAY INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ028-029-035-043-051-060-067-091100-
WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX-
924 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FROM MIDDAY INTO MID
AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE STRONG AND SHEARED
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF A FRANKFORT TO KOKOMO LINE FROM PERSISTENT HEAVY
RAINFALL.

STRONG WEST WIDENS WILL FOLLOW THE STORMS AS A SHARP COLD FRONT
SWEEPS EAST THROUGH INDIANA. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH BRIEF
GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WABASH RIVER AFTER
TUESDAY. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY MIDDAY INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

MK/JS/AB/CS/MURPHY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 8, 3:48 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
348 PM EDT SUN MAR 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0339 PM     TORNADO          3 W BEDFORD             38.86N 86.55W
03/08/2009                   LAWRENCE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN FAYETTEVILLE.

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Mar 8, 3:54 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
354 PM EDT SUN MAR 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     TORNADO          S ODON                  38.84N 86.99W
03/08/2009                   DAVIESS            IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            2 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN.

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Mar 8, 3:58 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
358 PM EDT SUN MAR 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAFAYETTE               40.41N 86.87W
03/08/2009                   TIPPECANOE         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Mar 8, 4:00 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 PM EDT SUN MAR 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0354 PM     TSTM WND GST     LAFAYETTE               40.41N 86.87W
03/08/2009  E60 MPH          TIPPECANOE         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Mar 8, 4:06 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
406 PM EDT SUN MAR 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     TORNADO          3 SE ODON               38.81N 86.95W
03/08/2009                   DAVIESS            IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TRAILER DESTROYED.

&&

ABROOKS

Local storm report, Mar 8, 4:19 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
419 PM EDT SUN MAR 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FLORA                   40.54N 86.52W
03/08/2009                   CARROLL            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF OFF OF A BUILDING. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.

&&

ABROOKS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 7:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	26 min
Mar 7, 9:53 PM EST	Flood Watch	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Tippecanoe, Tipton and 1 more	13 hr
Mar 8, 5:13 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	23 hr
Mar 8, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	50 min
Mar 8, 2:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	30 min
Mar 8, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin	44 min
Mar 8, 3:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Martin	19 min
Mar 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	38 min
Mar 8, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	47 min
Mar 8, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	36 min
Mar 8, 4:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	34 min
Mar 8, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	23 min
Mar 8, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	23 min
Mar 8, 5:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	38 hr

Nearby

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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.