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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 23, 2011Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 6:08 PM EDT for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 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 23, 2011, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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.

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 23, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

828 
WFUS53 KIND 232208
TORIND
INC079-232245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0037.110523T2208Z-110523T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
608 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF NORTH VERNON...OR 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SEYMOUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH VERNON AND VERNON AROUND 615 PM EDT...
  BUTLERVILLE AROUND 625 PM EDT...
  NEBRASKA AROUND 630 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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3901 8544 3889 8579 3909 8580 3913 8571
      3913 8557 3919 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 244DEG 35KT 3902 8572

$$

RYAN

1 follow-up statement

411 
WWUS53 KIND 232226
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
626 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

INC079-232236-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110523T2245Z/
JENNINGS-
626 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3901 8544 3889 8579 3909 8580 3913 8571
      3913 8557 3919 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 244DEG 35KT 3909 8552

$$

RYAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Howard	35 min
May 23, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	42 min
May 23, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	35 min
May 23, 2:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson, Jennings	36 min
May 23, 3:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson, Jennings	26 min
May 23, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan, Vigo	40 min
May 23, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	24 min
May 23, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 2 more	48 min
May 23, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo	35 min
May 23, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Warren	39 min
May 23, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan	37 min
May 23, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	24 min
May 23, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Hancock, Hendricks, Jackson, Johnson and 5 more	50 min
May 23, 5:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	30 min
May 23, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery	31 min
May 23, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Shelby	45 min
May 23, 5:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	34 min
May 23, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Jackson, Jennings, Rush and 1 more	44 min
May 23, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush	45 min
May 23, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	33 min

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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.