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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2010, 6:13 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
- Jun 21, 2010, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2010, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:25 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 N Bedford, IN | |
| Jun 21, 6:40 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Ne Bedford, IN | FUNNEL CLOUD HALFWAY TO THE GROUND...SEEN FROM HWY 58. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
706 WFUS53 KIND 212213 TORIND INC093-212300- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0032.100621T2213Z-100621T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 613 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BEDFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BARTLETTSVILLE AROUND 620 PM EDT... HELTONVILLE AROUND 635 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 3897 8629 3883 8633 3890 8659 3898 8657 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 288DEG 15KT 3893 8650 $$ SMF
2 follow-up statements
004 WWUS53 KIND 212229 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 629 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 INC093-212300- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-100621T2300Z/ LAWRENCE- 629 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 624 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HELTONVILLE AROUND 635 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3895 8648 3897 8629 3883 8633 3888 8651 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 288DEG 15KT 3890 8642 $$ SMF
508 WWUS53 KIND 212254 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 654 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 INC093-212305- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-100621T2300Z/ LAWRENCE- 654 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT/600 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3895 8648 3897 8629 3883 8633 3888 8651 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 288DEG 15KT 3887 8629 $$ SMF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 5:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Madison, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Howard | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Howard | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Howard and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph, Rush | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Decatur | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 38 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.