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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 13, 2009Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 4:07 PM EDT for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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: Apr 13, 2009, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2009, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jackson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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
Apr 13, 4:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Brownstown, IN
Apr 13, 4:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Seymour, IN	REPORTED AT CR 400N AND US50.
Apr 13, 4:22 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Seymour, IN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 132007
TORIND
INC071-132100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0011.090413T2007Z-090413T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
407 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  BROWNSTOWN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SEYMOUR AROUND 430 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 52.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3890 8613 3902 8581 3888 8580 3885 8581
      3879 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 243DEG 24KT 3885 8602

$$

KOCH

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 132014
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
414 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

INC071-132100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-090413T2100Z/
JACKSON-
414 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNSTOWN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEYMOUR...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SEYMOUR AROUND 430 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3890 8613 3902 8581 3888 8580 3885 8581
      3879 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 243DEG 24KT 3887 8598

$$

CO

000 
WWUS53 KIND 132025
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
425 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

INC071-132100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-090413T2100Z/
JACKSON-
425 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
SEYMOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SEYMOUR AROUND 430 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL 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 3890 8613 3902 8581 3888 8580 3885 8581
      3879 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 243DEG 24KT 3889 8588

$$

CO

000 
WWUS53 KIND 132054
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
454 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

INC071-132103-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-090413T2100Z/
JACKSON-
454 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500
PM EDT...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
AREA THROUGH 515 PM EDT.  

LAT...LON 3890 8613 3902 8581 3888 8580 3885 8581
      3879 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 243DEG 24KT 3898 8566

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	48 min
Apr 13, 3:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	48 min
Apr 13, 3:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	47 min
Apr 13, 4:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jennings	49 min
Apr 13, 4:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Clinton, Greene, Jackson, Owen, Parke and 5 more	73 days
Apr 13, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Decatur, Hamilton and 9 more	108 days

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.