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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2009, 8:32 PM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
- May 15, 2009, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2009, 8:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Nw Williamsport, IN | TREES DOWNED, DEBRIS ON CR900W. |
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 15, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 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 160032 TORIND INC171-160115- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.090516T0032Z-090516T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 832 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TAB...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY AROUND 850 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 4048 8754 4048 8727 4033 8741 4038 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 232DEG 10KT 4041 8747 $$ SALLY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 160047 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 847 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009 INC171-160115- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090516T0115Z/ WARREN- 847 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY... AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY AROUND 900 PM EDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4048 8745 4048 8727 4033 8741 4035 8746 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 232DEG 10KT 4044 8742 $$ SALLY
000 WWUS53 KIND 160056 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 856 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009 INC171-160106- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090516T0115Z/ WARREN- 856 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4048 8745 4048 8727 4033 8741 4035 8746 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 232DEG 10KT 4045 8740 $$ SALLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 64 min |
| May 15, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 43 min |
| May 15, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 65 min |
| May 15, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 4 hr |
| May 15, 9:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion | 6 hr |
| May 15, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 64 min |
| May 15, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 30 min |
| May 15, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe | 4 hr |
| May 15, 10:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 4 hr |
| May 15, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 50 min |
| May 15, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 45 min |
| May 15, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 36 min |
| May 15, 11:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 16, 1:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 12 hr |
| May 16, 2:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe | 12 hr |
| May 16, 11:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 12 hr |
| May 16, 1:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 6 hr |
| May 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe | 6 hr |
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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.