Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 3:35 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
120 WFUS53 KIND 190735 TORIND INC027-055-083-101-190800- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0015.110419T0735Z-110419T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 335 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 400 AM EDT * AT 333 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON...OR 22 MILES EAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ODON... NEWBERRY... BURNS CITY... CRANE... INDIAN SPRINGS... OWENSBURG... 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 3908 8670 3879 8670 3866 8723 3882 8732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 246DEG 62KT 3881 8706 $$ CP
1 follow-up statement
065 WWUS53 KIND 190801 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 401 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 INC027-055-083-101-190811- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110419T0800Z/ DAVIESS-GREENE-KNOX-MARTIN- 401 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS...NORTHERN MARTIN... NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3908 8670 3879 8670 3866 8723 3882 8732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 246DEG 62KT 3880 8708 $$ CP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 22 min |
| Apr 19, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 5:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 9:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam, Vigo | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 10:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Vigo | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Marion | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 34 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 27 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 29 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 35 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 9 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 20 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 23 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 22 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 23 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike | 23 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 48 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 12 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 12 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 18 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 22 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 23 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 16 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 22 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 31 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 17 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 31 days |
| Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 34 days |
| Apr 19, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Vermillion | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery, Parke | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 12:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 10 min |
| Apr 19, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison, Randolph | 21 min |
| Apr 19, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph, Rush | 17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.