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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2009, 8:18 PM EDT for Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Sheridan, IN | WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL |
| May 30, 8:33 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 9 E Lebanon, IN |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 310018
TORIND
INC011-057-310100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0015.090531T0018Z-090531T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
818 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 818 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR ULEN...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHERIDAN AROUND 845 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 4014 8609 3995 8625 4006 8649 4019 8638
4019 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 301DEG 17KT 4012 8643
$$
HAINESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 13 min |
| May 30, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 27 min |
| May 30, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard, Tipton | 45 min |
| May 30, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton | 86 min |
| May 30, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 20 min |
| May 30, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 50 min |
| May 30, 8:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 44 min |
| May 30, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery | 37 min |
| May 30, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 43 min |
| May 30, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 53 min |
| May 30, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Rush, Shelby | 52 min |
| May 30, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Henry, Madison | 34 min |
| May 30, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 30, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 48 min |
| May 30, 10:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 2 hr |
| May 30, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 37 min |
| May 30, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 34 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.