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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 10:15 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 8 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, 10:15 AM EDT (14:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Delaware County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 10:17 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Greenfield, IN | MULTIPLE ROAD SIGNS DOWN AT MCKENZIE RD AND FRANKLIN ST. |
| Oct 26, 10:17 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Greenfield, IN | POWER POLES BENT OVER AT GREEN MEADOWS DR. AND FIELD BLVD. |
| Oct 26, 10:17 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Greenfield, IN | ESTIMATED GUSTS OF 80 MPH. MULTIPLE TRANSFORMERS BLOWING UP AND STREET SIGNS DOWN. |
| Oct 26, 10:21 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 77 | Greenfield, IN | 77 MPH GUST REPORTED WEST SIDE OF GREENFIELD. |
| Oct 26, 10:23 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Wilkinson, IN | SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND ONE GARAGE DESTROYED. ONE HOME LARGELY DEROOFED |
| Oct 26, 10:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Ne Greenfield, IN | *** 1 INJ *** 1 PERSON WAS INJURED WHEN A LARGE PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED HOG BARN WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. |
| Oct 26, 10:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Markleville, IN | *** 2 INJ *** 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN A LARGE PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED HOG BARN WAS DESTROYED. |
| Oct 26, 10:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wilkinson, IN | *** 1 INJ *** 1 PERSON WAS INJURED WHEN A LARGE PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED HOG BARN WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. |
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
010 WFUS53 KIND 261415 TORIND INC035-059-065-095-139-261445- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0052.101026T1415Z-101026T1445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1015 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1045 AM EDT * AT 1012 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 NEAR GREENFIELD...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... KNIGHTSTOWN AROUND 1020 AM EDT... WILKINSON...SHIRLEY...KENNARD AND MARKLEVILLE AROUND 1025 AM EDT... CADIZ...GREENSBORO...LEWISVILLE AND STRAUGHN AROUND 1030 AM EDT... SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOUNT SUMMIT...SPRINGPORT AND NEW CASTLE AROUND 1035 AM EDT... SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK AND BLOUNTSVILLE AROUND 1040 AM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 133. 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 3982 8522 3970 8579 3985 8587 4025 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 231DEG 61KT 3980 8574 $$ NIELD
2 follow-up statements
097 WWUS53 KIND 261425 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1025 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 INC035-059-065-095-139-261445- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-101026T1445Z/ DELAWARE-HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-RUSH- 1025 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH... EASTERN HANCOCK...HENRY...SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM EDT... AT 1024 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF NEW CASTLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MOUNT SUMMIT...SULPHUR SPRINGS...SPRINGPORT AND NEW CASTLE AROUND 1035 AM EDT... SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK...BLOUNTSVILLE...PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR AND MOORELAND AROUND 1040 AM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 3982 8522 3970 8579 3985 8587 4025 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 231DEG 61KT 3991 8554 $$ 77/TDUD
287 WWUS53 KIND 261453 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1053 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 INC035-059-065-095-139-261502- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-101026T1445Z/ DELAWARE-HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-RUSH- 1053 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HANCOCK...HENRY...SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSH COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM EDT. LAT...LON 3982 8522 3970 8579 3985 8587 4025 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 231DEG 61KT 3989 8555 $$ 77/TDUD
The 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, 9:39 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, 10:26 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.