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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2010, 3:58 PM EDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
- May 21, 2010, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2010, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367 WFUS53 KIND 211958 TORIND INC027-083-212030- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.100521T1958Z-100521T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 358 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 11 MILES EAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WASHINGTON AROUND 410 PM EDT... MONTGOMERY AND CANNELBURG AROUND 420 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 3883 8694 3866 8695 3856 8734 3870 8742 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 249DEG 33KT 3866 8729 $$ PUMA/MD
2 follow-up statements
630
WWUS53 KIND 212009
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
409 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010
INC027-083-212030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100521T2030Z/
DAVIESS-KNOX-
409 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DAVIESS AND EAST
CENTRAL KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
PETERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WASHINGTON AROUND 420 PM EDT...
MONTGOMERY AROUND 430 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3866 8695 3860 8727 3867 8734 3872 8734
3883 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 245DEG 20KT 3868 8726
$$
PUMA050
WWUS53 KIND 212019
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
419 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010
INC083-212029-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100521T2030Z/
KNOX-
419 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3860 8725 3865 8725 3873 8726 3883 8694
3866 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 260DEG 16KT 3867 8721
$$
INC027-212030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100521T2030Z/
DAVIESS-
419 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
PETERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WASHINGTON AROUND 425 PM EDT...
MONTGOMERY AROUND 430 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 8725 3865 8725 3873 8726 3883 8694
3866 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 260DEG 16KT 3867 8721
$$
PUMA/MDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 27 hr |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 5 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 6 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 7 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 7 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 10 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 9 days |
| May 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 47 min |
| May 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 58 min |
| May 21, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 52 min |
| May 21, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vigo | 25 min |
| May 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 51 min |
| May 21, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clay, Putnam | 43 min |
| May 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam | 52 min |
| May 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 49 min |
| May 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 51 min |
| May 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 18 min |
| May 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam | 46 min |
| May 21, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 4 hr |
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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.