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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2011, 10:12 PM EDT for Greene County, Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.
924
WFUS53 KIND 080212
TORIND
INC055-093-101-080300-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0032.110508T0212Z-110508T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1012 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1009 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 23 MILES WEST OF
BEDFORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OWENSBURG AROUND 1025 PM EDT...
INDIAN SPRINGS AND SILVERVILLE AROUND 1040 PM EDT...
WILLIAMS AROUND 1050 PM EDT...
HURON AROUND 1055 PM EDT...
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 3886 8692 3890 8692 3891 8696 3896 8700
3903 8688 3876 8643 3869 8640 3868 8670
3865 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 313DEG 21KT 3892 8689
$$
CP2 follow-up statements
862
WWUS53 KIND 080236
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1036 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
INC055-080246-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110508T0300Z/
GREENE-
1036 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3885 8687 3889 8679 3891 8672 3876 8643
3869 8640 3868 8670 3865 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 313DEG 21KT 3882 8675
$$
INC093-101-080300-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110508T0300Z/
LAWRENCE-MARTIN-
1036 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MARTIN AND
SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
AT 1032 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF SHOALS...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
BEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIAN SPRINGS...SILVERVILLE...WILLIAMS...HURON AND MITCHELL.
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 3885 8687 3889 8679 3891 8672 3876 8643
3869 8640 3868 8670 3865 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 313DEG 21KT 3882 8675
$$
CP144
WWUS53 KIND 080259
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1059 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
INC093-101-080309-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110508T0300Z/
LAWRENCE-MARTIN-
1059 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARTIN AND SOUTHWESTERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3885 8687 3889 8679 3891 8672 3876 8643
3869 8640 3868 8670 3865 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 313DEG 21KT 3873 8662
$$
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, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 38 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.