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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 8:06 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 WFUS53 KIND 240006 TORIND INC057-095-240030- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.110324T0006Z-110324T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 806 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NOBLESVILLE...OR 20 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAPEL AROUND 820 PM EDT... ANDERSON...EDGEWOOD...RIVER FOREST AND WOODLAWN HEIGHTS AROUND 825 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 26. 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 4021 8565 3998 8565 3997 8611 4015 8611 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 269DEG 37KT 4006 8601 $$ HOMANN/JP
1 follow-up statement
277
WWUS53 KIND 240021
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
821 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
INC057-095-240030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110324T0030Z/
HAMILTON-MADISON-
821 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HAMILTON AND
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...
AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF NOBLESVILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ANDERSON...WOODLAWN HEIGHTS AND COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS AROUND 830 PM
EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3999 8599 4005 8601 4015 8611 4021 8565
3998 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 267DEG 38KT 4007 8582
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 22 min |
| Mar 23, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.