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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 13, 2009Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 3:12 PM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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: Apr 13, 2009, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 1883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 131912
TORIND
INC071-093-132000-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0009.090413T1912Z-090413T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
312 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MITCHELL...
  OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MITCHELL AROUND 325 PM EDT...
  SPRING MILL STATE PARK AROUND 330 PM EDT...
  PLEASANT VIEW AROUND 400 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 3897 8625 3883 8616 3877 8624 3876 8629
      3871 8631 3868 8635 3868 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 224DEG 19KT 3867 8650

$$

KOCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 131923
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
323 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

INC071-093-132000-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090413T2000Z/
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-
323 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MITCHELL...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...PLEASANT VIEW AND MEDORA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3897 8625 3883 8616 3877 8624 3876 8629
      3871 8631 3868 8635 3868 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 224DEG 19KT 3871 8645

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	48 min
Apr 13, 3:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	47 min
Apr 13, 4:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson	53 min
Apr 13, 4:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jennings	49 min
Apr 13, 4:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Clinton, Greene, Jackson, Owen, Parke and 5 more	73 days
Apr 13, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Decatur, Hamilton and 9 more	108 days

Nearby

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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.