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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2011, 7:38 PM EDT for Vermillion County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 min. 5 reports 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
- May 7, 2011, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:18 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Sandford, IN | |
| May 7, 8:23 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sw Universal, IN | PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN SHIRKIEVILLE. |
| May 7, 8:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Terre Haute, IN | HOLE IN THE ROOF OF THE COMMUNITY THEATER IN TERRE HAUTE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 7, 8:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Terre Haute, IN | SOUTHERN TERRE HAUTE. |
| May 7, 8:39 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Terre Haute, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448
WFUS53 KIND 072338
TORIND
INC165-167-080030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0026.110507T2338Z-110508T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
738 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHRISMAN...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF PARIS...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TERRE HAUTE...
BLANFORD...
FAIRVIEW PARK...
UNIVERSAL...
SANDFORD...
SHEPARDSVILLE...
NORTH TERRE HAUTE...
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...
WEST TERRE HAUTE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
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 3952 8754 3970 8754 3975 8754 3975 8753
3967 8740 3965 8741 3963 8740 3961 8739
3961 8731 3957 8724 3941 8746 3945 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 313DEG 24KT 3975 8773
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
916
WWUS53 KIND 080006
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
806 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
INC165-167-080030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110508T0030Z/
VERMILLION-VIGO-
806 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN VIGO AND SOUTHERN
VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...
AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VERMILION...OR 6 MILES EAST OF PARIS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TERRE HAUTE...FAIRVIEW PARK...UNIVERSAL...SANDFORD...
SHEPARDSVILLE...INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...NORTH TERRE HAUTE AND
WEST TERRE HAUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 8754 3970 8754 3975 8754 3975 8753
3967 8740 3965 8741 3963 8740 3961 8739
3961 8731 3957 8724 3941 8746 3945 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 313DEG 24KT 3962 8755
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 43 min |
| May 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 41 min |
| May 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 47 min |
| May 7, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 30 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.