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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 2:08 AM EST for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 2:08 AM EST (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 12:46 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
987 WFUS53 KIND 280708 TORIND INC021-063-109-119-121-133-167-280745- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.110228T0708Z-110228T0745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 208 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTH CENTRAL OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... EAST CENTRAL VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 245 AM EST * AT 204 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BRAZIL AND CENTER POINT AROUND 215 AM EST... KNIGHTSVILLE...HARMONY AND CARBON AROUND 220 AM EST... LENA AROUND 225 AM EST... REELSVILLE AND CAGLES MILL LAKE AROUND 230 AM EST... CLOVERDALE AROUND 235 AM EST... GREENCASTLE AROUND 240 AM EST... BELLE UNION...LITTLE POINT...STILESVILLE AND EMINENCE AROUND 245 AM EST... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 53. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3949 8742 3984 8670 3951 8655 3934 8727 TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 251DEG 43KT 3945 8723 $$ MRD/JK
2 follow-up statements
472 WWUS53 KIND 280724 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 224 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 INC167-280734- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0745Z/ VIGO- 224 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VIGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3961 8715 3984 8670 3951 8655 3939 8705 TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 251DEG 43KT 3951 8699 $$ INC021-063-109-119-121-133-280745- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0745Z/ CLAY-HENDRICKS-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM- 224 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OWEN... NORTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS AND SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM EST... AT 223 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF BRAZIL...OR 20 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CAGLES MILL LAKE AROUND 230 AM EST... CLOVERDALE AND GREENCASTLE AROUND 235 AM EST... BAINBRIDGE AROUND 240 AM EST... BELLE UNION...LITTLE POINT...STILESVILLE AND EMINENCE AROUND 245 AM EST... 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3961 8715 3984 8670 3951 8655 3939 8705 TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 251DEG 43KT 3951 8699 $$ MRD/JK
516 WWUS53 KIND 280740 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 240 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 INC021-063-109-119-121-133-280750- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0745Z/ CLAY-HENDRICKS-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM- 240 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OWEN...NORTHEASTERN CLAY... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS AND SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTIES IS BEING REISSUED... PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM. LAT...LON 3961 8715 3984 8670 3951 8655 3939 8705 TIME...MOT...LOC 0740Z 251DEG 43KT 3956 8675 $$ MRD/JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery, Tipton | 43 min |
| Feb 27, 10:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 44 min |
| Feb 27, 11:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 11:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 12:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Fountain, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry and 5 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 1:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 41 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 2:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 2:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 4:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 56 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 50 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.