Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 1:08 AM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 1:08 AM EST (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 12:46 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
958
WFUS53 KIND 280608
TORIND
INC005-013-081-105-109-280645-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0001.110228T0608Z-110228T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
108 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EST
* AT 104 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE LEMON...UNIONVILLE AND YELLOWWOOD LAKE AROUND 120 AM EST...
HELMSBURG AND MAHALASVILLE AROUND 125 AM EST...
SPEARSVILLE...BEANBLOSSOM...NASHVILLE AND MORGANTOWN AROUND 130 AM
EST...
PEOGA...PRINCES LAKES AND TRAFALGAR AROUND 135 AM EST...
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3916 8670 3926 8670 3944 8615 3935 8602
3922 8604 3911 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 253DEG 51KT 3920 8661
$$
MRD/JK3 follow-up statements
934
WWUS53 KIND 280620
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
120 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
INC005-013-081-105-109-280645-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0645Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-JOHNSON-MONROE-MORGAN-
120 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE...
NORTHERN BROWN...NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM EST...
AT 118 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE LEMON AROUND 125 AM EST...
BEANBLOSSOM...HELMSBURG AND MAHALASVILLE AROUND 130 AM EST...
SPEARSVILLE AND MORGANTOWN AROUND 135 AM EST...
PEOGA...PRINCES LAKES AND TRAFALGAR AROUND 140 AM EST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 8604 3918 8657 3929 8660 3944 8615
3935 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 250DEG 46KT 3925 8644
$$
MRD/JK396
WWUS53 KIND 280632
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
132 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
INC105-280642-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0645Z/
MONROE-
132 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3925 8604 3927 8639 3936 8639 3944 8615
3935 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 243DEG 49KT 3932 8626
$$
INC005-013-081-109-280645-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0645Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-
132 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BROWN...
NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM EST...
AT 127 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PEOGA...PRINCES LAKES AND TRAFALGAR AROUND 140 AM EST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3925 8604 3927 8639 3936 8639 3944 8615
3935 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 243DEG 49KT 3932 8626
$$
MRD/JK873
WWUS53 KIND 280642
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
142 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
INC005-013-081-109-280651-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0645Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-
142 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BROWN...NORTHWESTERN
BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM EST/1245 AM CST/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM.
LAT...LON 3925 8604 3927 8639 3936 8639 3944 8615
3935 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 243DEG 49KT 3937 8611
$$
MRD/JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery, Tipton | 43 min |
| Feb 27, 10:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 44 min |
| Feb 27, 11:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 11:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 12:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Fountain, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry and 5 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 1:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 41 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 2:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 1 more | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 2:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 2:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 4:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 56 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 50 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 35 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.