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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 7:25 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Crawfordsville, IN | 1.25 INCH HAIL...WALL CLOUD ALSO OBSERVED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
908
WFUS53 KIND 232325
TORIND
INC107-240015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0012.110323T2325Z-110324T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
725 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 45.
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 4011 8672 4011 8671 3995 8671 3995 8693
3999 8693 3999 8690 4011 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 275DEG 29KT 4002 8680
$$
77/TDUD2 follow-up statements
556 WWUS53 KIND 232332 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 732 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 INC107-240015- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110324T0015Z/ MONTGOMERY- 732 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT... AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW ROSS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4011 8672 4011 8671 3995 8671 4000 8684 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 275DEG 29KT 3999 8675 $$ PUMA
571 WWUS53 KIND 232346 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 746 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 INC107-232356- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110324T0015Z/ MONTGOMERY- 746 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4011 8672 4011 8671 3995 8671 4000 8684 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 275DEG 29KT 3998 8660 $$ PUMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 22 min |
| Mar 23, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 11 min |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tipton | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Vermillion | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 49 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.