Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2009, 2:18 PM EDT for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 14, 2009, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2009, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 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 18:21 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 141818
TORIND
INC079-141845-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0021.090614T1818Z-090614T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
218 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VERNON...OR
12 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VERNON AROUND 225 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 3889 8573 3902 8559 3903 8545 3894 8546
3891 8553 3891 8554 3890 8555 3885 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 288DEG 11KT 3894 8566
$$
PUMA3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 141824
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
224 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009
INC079-141845-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090614T1845Z/
JENNINGS-
224 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
JENNINGS COUNTY...
AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL JENNINGS
COUNTY...OR 15 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN JENNINGS COUNTY AROUND 240 PM EDT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 8567 3899 8562 3898 8546 3894 8546
3891 8553 3891 8554 3890 8555 3885 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 292DEG 15KT 3892 8561
$$
PUMA000
WWUS53 KIND 141832
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
232 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009
INC079-141845-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090614T1845Z/
JENNINGS-
232 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
JENNINGS COUNTY...
AT 230 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
SOUTHEAST OF LOVETT MOVING EAST. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
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 3892 8565 3894 8562 3896 8550 3894 8546
3891 8553 3891 8554 3890 8555 3885 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 305DEG 11KT 3889 8561
$$
PUMA000
WWUS53 KIND 141844
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
244 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009
INC079-141854-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090614T1845Z/
JENNINGS-
244 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245
PM EDT...
THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THE WARNING WILLBE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3892 8565 3894 8562 3896 8550 3894 8546
3891 8553 3891 8554 3890 8555 3885 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 301DEG 9KT 3886 8556
$$
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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.