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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 8, 2009Greene County, Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2009, 2:55 PM EDT for Greene County, Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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: Mar 8, 2009, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2009, 3:25 PM EDT
In force: 30 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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, 3:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Freelandville, IN	GRAIN BINS BLOWN DOWN AND FARMHOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED. TIME IS ESTIMATED. RELAYED BY WTHI.
Mar 8, 3:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Freelandville, IN	STATE ROAD 58 WAS BLOCKED BY DEBRIS.
Mar 8, 3:00 PM EDT	TORNADO	S Oaktown, IN	NEAR US 41

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
Mar 8, 11:39 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 
WFUS53 KIND 081855
TORIND
INC055-083-153-081945-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0001.090308T1855Z-090308T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
255 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

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 345 PM EDT

* AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OAKTOWN...
  OR 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OAKTOWN BY 300 PM EDT...
  CARLISLE BY 310 PM EDT...
  PAXTON BY 315 PM EDT...
  PLEASANTVILLE BY 325 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 
INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 85 
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 3893 8754 3897 8754 3901 8750 3913 8729
      3899 8693 3890 8713 3888 8713 3884 8719
      3882 8720 3882 8725 3880 8725 3870 8752
      3871 8753 3874 8751 3879 8751 3886 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 232DEG 30KT 3883 8749

$$

JOHNSON

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 081911
SVSIND

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

INC055-083-153-081945-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090308T1945Z/
GREENE-KNOX-SULLIVAN-
311 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN
COUNTIES...

AT 300 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 
OAKTOWN.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FREELANDVILLE...OR 17 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SANDBORN BY 320 PM EDT...
  PLEASANTVILLE BY 325 PM EDT...
  DUGGER BY 330 PM EDT...
  LINTON BY 335 PM EDT...

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 3878 8748 3892 8744 3898 8740 3905 8732
      3913 8729 3899 8693 3890 8713 3888 8713
      3884 8719 3882 8720 3882 8725 3880 8725
      3870 8752 3871 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 232DEG 30KT 3891 8735

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WWUS53 KIND 081918
SVSIND

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

INC083-153-081927-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090308T1945Z/
KNOX-SULLIVAN-
317 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND SOUTHEASTERN
SULLIVAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3896 8721 3907 8715 3907 8714 3906 8712
      3899 8693 3890 8713 3891 8714 3891 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 232DEG 30KT 3894 8730

$$

INC055-081945-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090308T1945Z/
GREENE-
317 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
GREENE COUNTY...

AT 300 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 
OAKTOWN IN KNOX COUNTY.  THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED 12 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF LINTON...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LINTON BY 335 PM EDT...
  SWITZ CITY BY 340 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 3896 8721 3907 8715 3907 8714 3906 8712
      3899 8693 3890 8713 3891 8714 3891 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 232DEG 30KT 3894 8730

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WWUS53 KIND 081925
SVSIND

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

INC055-081935-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090308T1945Z/
GREENE-
325 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...


LAT...LON 3896 8721 3907 8715 3907 8714 3906 8712
      3899 8693 3890 8713 3891 8714 3891 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 232DEG 30KT 3898 8723

$$

JOHNSON

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, 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, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	53 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.