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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2011, 9:10 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 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
- May 7, 2011, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
740
WFUS53 KIND 080110
TORIND
INC153-167-080145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0030.110508T0110Z-110508T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
910 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT/845 PM CDT/
* AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENNISON...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PIMENTO AROUND 920 PM EDT...
FAIRBANKS AROUND 925 PM EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8.
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 3935 8759 3936 8754 3944 8754 3948 8747
3935 8725 3934 8726 3919 8756 3932 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 333DEG 24KT 3934 8747
$$
77/TDUD1 follow-up statement
771
WWUS53 KIND 080130
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
930 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
INC153-167-080138-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110508T0145Z/
SULLIVAN-VIGO-
930 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO
COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3935 8759 3936 8754 3944 8754 3948 8747
3935 8725 3934 8726 3919 8756 3932 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 333DEG 24KT 3923 8740
$$
77/TDUDThe 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, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 52 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, 9:26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.