Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 4:26 PM EDT for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 13, 2009, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:50 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Hayden, IN | REPORTED AT APPROX 5 MIN AGO BY LOCAL SPOTTER. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 132026
TORIND
INC079-132115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0012.090413T2026Z-090413T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
426 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HAYDEN...OR NEAR SEYMOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HAYDEN AROUND 445 PM EDT...
NORTH VERNON AROUND 455 PM EDT...
VERNON AROUND 500 PM EDT...
BUTLERVILLE AROUND 510 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 3885 8580 3902 8581 3914 8546 3892 8546
3891 8548 3891 8554 3889 8555 3888 8558
3887 8558 3885 8562 3883 8564 3883 8572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 243DEG 24KT 3888 8586
$$
KOCH3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 132041
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
441 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
INC079-132115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-090413T2115Z/
JENNINGS-
441 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR JENNINGS
COUNTY...
AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HAYDEN...OR 8 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH VERNON AROUND 455 PM EDT...
VERNON AROUND 500 PM EDT...
BUTLERVILLE AROUND 510 PM EDT...
NEBRASKA AROUND 515 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3885 8580 3902 8581 3914 8546 3892 8546
3891 8548 3891 8554 3889 8555 3888 8558
3887 8558 3885 8562 3883 8564 3883 8572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 243DEG 24KT 3893 8573
$$
CO000
WWUS53 KIND 132051
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
451 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
INC079-132115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-090413T2115Z/
JENNINGS-
451 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR JENNINGS
COUNTY...
AT 449 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2
MILES NORTH OF HAYDEN AT 443 PM EDT. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2
MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYDEN...OR 11 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH VERNON AROUND 455 PM EDT...
VERNON AROUND 500 PM EDT...
BUTLERVILLE AROUND 510 PM EDT...
NEBRASKA AROUND 515 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 3885 8580 3902 8581 3914 8546 3892 8546
3891 8548 3891 8554 3889 8555 3888 8558
3887 8558 3885 8562 3883 8564 3883 8572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 243DEG 24KT 3898 8568
$$
CO000
WWUS53 KIND 132112
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
512 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
INC079-132122-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-090413T2115Z/
JENNINGS-
512 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JENNINGS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM
EDT...
LAT...LON 3885 8580 3902 8581 3914 8546 3892 8546
3891 8548 3891 8554 3889 8555 3888 8558
3887 8558 3885 8562 3883 8564 3883 8572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 243DEG 24KT 3905 8551
$$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, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 53 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 |
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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.