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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2011, 2:29 PM EDT for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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 10, 2011, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2011, 3:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 N Anderson, IN | 1 N PROSPERITY...LOTS OF HAIL COVERING GROUND. |
| May 10, 2:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Daleville, IN | FELL FOR FIVE MINUTES..COVERING GROUND. |
| May 10, 2:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Nne Anderson, 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 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
243 WFUS53 KIND 101829 TORIND INC035-095-101915- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0033.110510T1829Z-110510T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 229 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDRIA...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SUMMITVILLE AROUND 235 PM EDT... GASTON AROUND 245 PM EDT... MATTHEWS AROUND 250 PM EDT... EATON AROUND 300 PM EDT... CONVERSE AROUND 310 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 52. 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 4039 8521 4009 8559 4022 8581 4040 8572 TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 230DEG 28KT 4023 8563 $$ 77/TDUD
2 follow-up statements
589 WWUS53 KIND 101851 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 251 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 INC035-095-101915- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110510T1915Z/ DELAWARE-MADISON- 251 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF UPLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... EATON AROUND 300 PM EDT... CONVERSE AROUND 310 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4024 8568 4040 8572 4039 8521 4012 8555 TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 230DEG 28KT 4034 8546 $$ 77/TDUD
708 WWUS53 KIND 101905 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 305 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 INC035-095-101915- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110510T1915Z/ DELAWARE-MADISON- 305 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. LAT...LON 4024 8568 4040 8572 4039 8521 4012 8555 TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 230DEG 28KT 4041 8535 $$ 77/TDUD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton | 25 min |
| May 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 35 min |
| May 10, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison | 33 min |
| May 10, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 32 min |
| May 10, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 45 min |
| May 10, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 24 min |
| May 10, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 52 min |
| May 10, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Madison | 18 min |
| May 10, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.