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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2010, 7:48 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 20, 2010, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2010, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
670
WFUS53 KIND 202348
TORIND
INC005-071-079-210015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0039.100720T2348Z-100721T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
748 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 746 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEYMOUR...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
JONESVILLE AROUND 755 PM EDT...
AZALIA AROUND 800 PM EDT...
COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES...SCIPIO AND NORTH VERNON AROUND 815 PM EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 60.
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 3901 8600 3908 8600 3913 8570 3913 8562
3898 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 269DEG 27KT 3905 8595
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
991
WWUS53 KIND 202356
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
756 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
INC005-071-079-210015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100721T0015Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
756 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN JENNINGS AND SOUTH CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES UNTIL
815 PM EDT...
AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
AZALIA AROUND 800 PM EDT...
SCIPIO AROUND 810 PM EDT...
COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES AND NORTH VERNON AROUND 815 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3903 8596 3908 8595 3913 8570 3913 8562
3898 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 272DEG 28KT 3904 8589
$$
PUMA120
WWUS53 KIND 210003
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
803 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
INC005-210013-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100721T0015Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-
803 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3902 8587 3902 8588 3904 8588 3904 8587
3906 8586 3907 8581 3910 8581 3913 8570
3913 8562 3898 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 270DEG 28KT 3904 8581
$$
INC071-079-210015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100721T0015Z/
JACKSON-JENNINGS-
803 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
NORTHWESTERN JENNINGS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES...SCIPIO AND NORTH VERNON AROUND 815 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3902 8587 3902 8588 3904 8588 3904 8587
3906 8586 3907 8581 3910 8581 3913 8570
3913 8562 3898 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 270DEG 28KT 3904 8581
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Shelby | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.