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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2011, 8:23 PM EDT for Clay County, Sullivan 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, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| May 7, 8:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 Sse Terre Haute, IN | AT EATON DR. AND MCDANIEL RD. |
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 3086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
320
WFUS53 KIND 080023
TORIND
INC021-153-167-080115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0028.110508T0023Z-110508T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
823 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 822 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TERRE HAUTE...
NORTH TERRE HAUTE...
WEST TERRE HAUTE...
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...
PRAIRIETON...
RILEY...
PIMENTO...
CORY...
HYMERA...
CLAY CITY...
COALMONT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
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 3961 8754 3961 8739 3928 8706 3916 8724
3917 8725 3916 8725 3913 8729 3945 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 319DEG 30KT 3948 8747
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
903
WWUS53 KIND 080040
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
840 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
INC021-153-167-080115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110508T0115Z/
CLAY-SULLIVAN-VIGO-
840 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
SULLIVAN...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...
AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH. SPOTTERS ALSO RECENTLY REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD SOUTH
OF TERRE HAUTE.
IN ADDITION...AT 839 PM HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
TERRE HAUTE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RILEY...PIMENTO...CORY...FARMERSBURG...HYMERA...CLAY CITY AND
COALMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3961 8754 3961 8739 3928 8706 3916 8724
3917 8725 3916 8725 3913 8729 3945 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 319DEG 30KT 3938 8736
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 45 min |
| May 7, 8:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 5 hr |
| May 7, 8:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan, Vigo | 6 hr |
| May 7, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 43 min |
| May 7, 9:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 20 min |
| May 7, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 20 min |
| May 7, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 38 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 48 min |
| May 7, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.