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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | 4 Wsw Gosport, IN | HAIL 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 EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 N Spencer, IN | QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| Apr 5, 6:38 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 N Spencer, IN | SHERIFF/S OFFICE RECEIVED SPOTTER REPORT |
| Apr 5, 6:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 N Spencer, IN | |
| Apr 5, 6:46 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby | 33 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.