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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2009Boone County, Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2009, 7:50 PM EDT for Boone County, Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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: May 30, 2009, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2009, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 30, 7:57 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 Nw Lebanon, IN	FUNNEL CLOUD BEING OBSERVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT NEAR INTERSATE 65 AND SR 47
May 30, 8:10 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 Nw Lebanon, IN	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WALL CLOUDS.

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 30, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 2479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 302350
TORIND
INC011-023-310015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0014.090530T2350Z-090531T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
750 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 750 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR COLFAX...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ULEN AROUND 810 PM EDT...
  KIRKLIN AROUND 815 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 159.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM/S PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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 4022 8635 4003 8642 4015 8671 4020 8671
      4028 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 296DEG 23KT 4020 8658

$$

HAINES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam	44 min
May 29, 10:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	2 hr
May 30, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	45 min
May 30, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	38 min
May 30, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	19 min

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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.