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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 26, 2010Johnson County, Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 9:39 AM EDT for Johnson County, Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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, 9:39 AM EDT (13:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2010, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 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
Oct 26, 9:45 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGBargersville, INPOWER LINES DOWN AT WHITELAND RD.
Oct 26, 9:45 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGGreenwood, INPOWER LINES DOWN AT STOP 18 AND US 31.
Oct 26, 10:08 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGGreenwood, INPOWER LINES DOWN AT MAIN ST. AND I-65.

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
Oct 26, 4:28 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 2010-10-26Temperature 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 2010-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -104 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

907 
WFUS53 KIND 261339
TORIND
INC081-097-109-261415-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0049.101026T1339Z-101026T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
939 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT

* AT 938 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 5 MILES NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE...OR 23
  MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAVERLY...MOORESVILLE AND TRAFALGAR AROUND 945 AM EDT...
  BARGERSVILLE AROUND 950 AM EDT...
  GREENWOOD...SOUTHPORT...HOMECROFT AND NEW WHITELAND AROUND 955 AM
  EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 106.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 99.

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 3938 8644 3960 8651 3964 8637 3963 8634
      3965 8633 3974 8597 3940 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 240DEG 50KT 3951 8636

$$

NIELD
2 follow-up statements
651 
WWUS53 KIND 261352
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
952 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC109-261402-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/
MORGAN-
952 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3940 8626 3963 8626 3963 8632 3964 8634
      3965 8633 3974 8597 3940 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 240DEG 50KT 3959 8617

$$

INC081-097-261415-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/
JOHNSON-MARION-
952 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN
MARION 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 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF JOHNSON AND
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
SOUTHPORT.

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 3940 8626 3963 8626 3963 8632 3964 8634
      3965 8633 3974 8597 3940 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 240DEG 50KT 3959 8617

$$

77/TDUD
855 
WWUS53 KIND 261410
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC081-097-261419-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/
JOHNSON-MARION-
1010 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 AM EDT/915 AM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3940 8626 3963 8626 3963 8632 3964 8634
      3965 8633 3974 8597 3940 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 240DEG 50KT 3970 8590

$$

77/TDUD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 3:47 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware and 21 more12 hr
Oct 26, 7:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe and 3 more63 min
Oct 26, 8:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Putnam and 2 more46 min
Oct 26, 8:30 AM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion30 min
Oct 26, 8:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks and 7 more46 min
Oct 26, 8:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 4 more38 min
Oct 26, 8:53 AM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam37 min
Oct 26, 9:07 AM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin38 min
Oct 26, 9:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks and 7 more47 min
Oct 26, 9:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence and 4 more50 min
Oct 26, 9:28 AM EDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Marion32 min
Oct 26, 9:34 AM EDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe41 min
Oct 26, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 5 more45 min
Oct 26, 9:56 AM EDTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton22 min
Oct 26, 9:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe and 2 more46 min
Oct 26, 10:11 AM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby34 min
Oct 26, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush and 1 more76 min
Oct 26, 10:15 AM EDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush30 min
Oct 26, 10:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Rush, Shelby51 min
Oct 26, 10:27 AM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings48 min
Oct 26, 10:43 AM EDTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby28 min
Oct 26, 10:55 AM EDTTornado WarningINDRandolph35 min
Oct 26, 11:15 AM EDTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Jennings13 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.