Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 2:19 AM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 2:19 AM EST (07:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 12:46 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
243 WFUS53 KIND 280719 TORIND INC035-065-095-135-280745- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0004.110228T0719Z-110228T0745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 219 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 245 AM EST * AT 213 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... YORKTOWN AROUND 225 AM EST... SPRINGPORT...MUNCIE...BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AND SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 230 AM EST... PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR...PARKER CITY...SELMA AND BLOUNTSVILLE AROUND 235 AM EST... FARMLAND AND MODOC AROUND 240 AM EST... WINCHESTER AROUND 245 AM EST... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 43. 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 4031 8493 4002 8492 4003 8582 4024 8577 TIME...MOT...LOC 0719Z 263DEG 60KT 4010 8559 $$ MRD/JK
1 follow-up statement
226 WWUS53 KIND 280741 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 241 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 INC035-065-095-135-280751- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0745Z/ DELAWARE-HENRY-MADISON-RANDOLPH- 241 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HENRY...WESTERN RANDOLPH... SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 AM EST/145 AM CST/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM. LAT...LON 4031 8493 4002 8492 4003 8582 4024 8577 TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 263DEG 60KT 4013 8511 $$ MRD/JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery, Tipton | 43 min |
| Feb 27, 10:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 44 min |
| Feb 27, 11:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 11:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 12:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Fountain, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry and 5 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 1:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 41 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 2:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 1 more | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 2:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 4:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 56 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 50 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 35 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.