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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 9:34 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- Oct 26, 2010, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 9:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Springville, IN | ONE FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN AT SR 37 AND OLD 37. |
| Oct 26, 10:20 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 10 Nw Brownstown, IN | ESTIMATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SOME ROTATION SEEN AT 1200 W AND SR 58. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 4:28 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
061 WFUS53 KIND 261334 TORIND INC013-071-093-105-261415- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0048.101026T1334Z-101026T1415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 934 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1015 AM EDT * AT 929 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... AVOCA...OOLITIC AND BEDFORD AROUND 940 AM EDT... BARTLETTSVILLE...FAIRFAX STATE RECREATION AREA...HARRODSBURG AND SMITHVILLE AROUND 945 AM EDT... HELTONVILLE AROUND 950 AM EDT... CHARLES DEAM WILDERNESS...WOODVILLE HILLS...NORMAN AND KURTZ AROUND 955 AM EDT... STORY...ELKINSVILLE AND YELLOWWOOD LAKE AROUND 1000 AM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 3878 8670 3908 8670 3931 8610 3898 8610 TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 240DEG 50KT 3891 8665 $$ NIELD
3 follow-up statements
672 WWUS53 KIND 261347 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 947 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 INC013-071-093-105-261415- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MONROE- 947 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTHERN MONROE AND BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM EDT... AT 948 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CHARLES DEAM WILDERNESS...NORMAN AND WOODVILLE HILLS AROUND 955 AM EDT... STORY...ELKINSVILLE...YELLOWWOOD LAKE AND FREETOWN AROUND 1000 AM EDT... STONE HEAD...SPURGEONS CORNER AND NASHVILLE AROUND 1005 AM EDT... GNAW BONE AROUND 1010 AM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 3878 8670 3908 8670 3931 8610 3898 8610 TIME...MOT...LOC 1348Z 240DEG 50KT 3900 8643 $$ 77/TDUD
218
WWUS53 KIND 261404
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1004 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
INC093-105-261414-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/
LAWRENCE-MONROE-
1004 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN MONROE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3903 8634 3904 8634 3905 8638 3908 8639
3918 8638 3931 8611 3898 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 240DEG 50KT 3910 8618
$$
INC013-071-261415-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/
BROWN-JACKSON-
1004 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND
BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM EDT...
AT 1000 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GNAW BONE AROUND 1010 AM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 3903 8634 3904 8634 3905 8638 3908 8639
3918 8638 3931 8611 3898 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 240DEG 50KT 3910 8618
$$
77/TDUD063
WWUS53 KIND 261417
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1017 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
INC013-071-261427-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/
BROWN-JACKSON-
1017 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND BROWN COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3903 8634 3904 8634 3905 8638 3908 8639
3918 8638 3931 8611 3898 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 240DEG 50KT 3909 8617
$$
77/TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 3:47 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware and 21 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe and 3 more | 63 min |
| Oct 26, 8:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Putnam and 2 more | 46 min |
| Oct 26, 8:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 8:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks and 7 more | 46 min |
| Oct 26, 8:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 4 more | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 8:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 37 min |
| Oct 26, 9:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 9:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks and 7 more | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 9:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence and 4 more | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 9:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 9:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 5 more | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 9:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe and 2 more | 46 min |
| Oct 26, 10:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush and 1 more | 76 min |
| Oct 26, 10:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 10:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Rush, Shelby | 51 min |
| Oct 26, 10:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 28 min |
| Oct 26, 10:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 13 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.