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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 6, 2010Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 1:21 AM EDT for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 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 6, 2010, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2010, 1:36 AM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 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
Jun 5, 10:11 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 1457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 6.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

257 
WFUS53 KIND 060521
TORIND
INC015-060600-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.100606T0521Z-100606T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
121 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DELPHI...OR 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LOGANSPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
  CARROLL COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4071 8651 4071 8638 4062 8637 4058 8637
      4060 8663 4075 8660 4075 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 278DEG 38KT 4068 8650

$$

77/TDUD

1 follow-up statement

268 
WWUS53 KIND 060536
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
136 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

INC015-060546-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100606T0600Z/
CARROLL-
136 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT.

LAT...LON 4071 8651 4071 8638 4062 8637 4058 8637
      4060 8663 4075 8660 4075 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0536Z 278DEG 38KT 4065 8629

$$

77/TDUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 1:06 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll	18 min
Jun 6, 2:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Howard	3 hr
Jun 6, 7:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware	16 min
Jun 6, 7:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	32 min

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.