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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2011, 9:37 PM EDT for Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2011, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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, 9:56 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Bloomfield, 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.
912
WFUS53 KIND 080137
TORIND
INC027-055-101-080215-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0031.110508T0137Z-110508T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
937 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 931 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINTON...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE
HAUTE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT MIDLAND A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTERS AT 930 PM EDT WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING PING PONG SIZE HAIL AS WELL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMFIELD...
WORTHINGTON...
SWITZ CITY...
LYONS...
NEWBERRY...
CRANE...
BURNS CITY...
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 3877 8691 3908 8722 3917 8715 3917 8705
3898 8670 3888 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 309DEG 32KT 3906 8708
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
311
WWUS53 KIND 080207
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1007 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
INC027-055-101-080215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110508T0215Z/
DAVIESS-GREENE-MARTIN-
1007 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
NORTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...
AT 1005 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 24 MILES WEST OF
BEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRANE...BURNS CITY AND OWENSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3877 8691 3898 8702 3902 8698 3904 8688
3898 8670 3888 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 316DEG 21KT 3893 8691
$$
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, 8:23 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, 9:10 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, 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.