Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2009, 3:24 PM EDT for Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2009, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 3:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:39 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 081924
TORIND
INC027-055-101-082015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0002.090308T1924Z-090308T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
324 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 315 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
ODON...OR 21 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OWENSBURG BY 330 PM EDT...
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES SOUTH OF
THE TOWN OF ODOM AT 315 PM EDT.
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 3895 8696 3896 8687 3899 8671 3882 8670
3872 8700 3890 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 244DEG 43KT 3890 8687
$$
JOHNSON2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 081938
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
INC027-081948-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090308T2015Z/
DAVIESS-
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3877 8690 3888 8684 3896 8679 3896 8687
3899 8671 3882 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 244DEG 43KT 3898 8666
$$
INC055-101-082015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090308T2015Z/
GREENE-MARTIN-
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 335 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR OWENSBURG...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
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 3877 8690 3888 8684 3896 8679 3896 8687
3899 8671 3882 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 244DEG 43KT 3898 8666
$$
JOHNSON000
WWUS53 KIND 081943
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
343 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
INC055-101-081954-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090308T2015Z/
GREENE-MARTIN-
344 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3877 8690 3888 8684 3896 8679 3896 8687
3899 8671 3882 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 244DEG 43KT 3901 8657
$$
JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 26 min |
| Mar 7, 9:53 PM EST | Flood Watch | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Tippecanoe, Tipton and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:13 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 53 min |
| Mar 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Lawrence, Martin | 23 min |
| Mar 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| Mar 8, 5:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.