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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 5, 2010Clay County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2010, 6:19 PM EDT for Clay County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. 5 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
Apr 5, 2010, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2010, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 24 Wsw Gosport, INHAIL FELL FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES...630 TO 645 PM. AVERAGE SIZE WAS 0.75 INCHES WITH SEVERAL 2.0 STONES.
Apr 5, 6:36 PM EDTHAIL 1.754 N Spencer, INQUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
Apr 5, 6:38 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 N Spencer, INSHERIFF/S OFFICE RECEIVED SPOTTER REPORT
Apr 5, 6:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.755 N Spencer, IN
Apr 5, 6:46 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 Ne Spencer, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2010-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2010-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

725 
WFUS53 KIND 052219
TORIND
INC021-119-133-052245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.100405T2219Z-100405T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
619 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRAZIL...OR 21 MILES EAST
  OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAGLES MILL LAKE AROUND 630 PM EDT...
  DEVORE AROUND 640 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 28.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3951 8674 3929 8672 3932 8709 3946 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 266DEG 30KT 3940 8697

$$
JH
2 follow-up statements
195 
WWUS53 KIND 052233
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
633 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

INC021-052242-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100405T2245Z/
CLAY-
633 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF CLAY 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3947 8696 3951 8674 3929 8672 3932 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 266DEG 30KT 3941 8683

$$

INC119-133-052245-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100405T2245Z/
OWEN-PUTNAM-
633 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OWEN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER...OR 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DEVORE AROUND 640 PM EDT...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3947 8696 3951 8674 3929 8672 3932 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 266DEG 30KT 3941 8683

$$
JH
289 
WWUS53 KIND 052243
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
643 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

INC119-133-052253-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100405T2245Z/
OWEN-PUTNAM-
643 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OWEN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT/545 PM CDT/...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3947 8696 3951 8674 3929 8672 3932 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 266DEG 30KT 3942 8671

$$
JH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo26 min
Apr 5, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo49 min
Apr 5, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion30 min
Apr 5, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe49 min
Apr 5, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen24 min
Apr 5, 6:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo3 hr
Apr 5, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Putnam31 min
Apr 5, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby31 min
Apr 5, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen37 min
Apr 5, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby50 min
Apr 5, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby31 min
Apr 5, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby33 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.