Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 9:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bargersville, IN | POWER LINES DOWN AT WHITELAND RD. |
| Oct 26, 9:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenwood, IN | POWER LINES DOWN AT STOP 18 AND US 31. |
| Oct 26, 10:08 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenwood, IN | POWER 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 4:28 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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.
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
$$
NIELD2 follow-up statements
651
WWUS53 KIND 261352
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
952 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
INC109-261402-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/
MORGAN-
952 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3940 8626 3963 8626 3963 8632 3964 8634
3965 8633 3974 8597 3940 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 240DEG 50KT 3959 8617
$$
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
$$
77/TDUD855
WWUS53 KIND 261410
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
INC081-097-261419-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101026T1415Z/
JOHNSON-MARION-
1010 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 AM EDT/915 AM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3940 8626 3963 8626 3963 8632 3964 8634
3965 8633 3974 8597 3940 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 240DEG 50KT 3970 8590
$$
77/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, 9:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 41 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.