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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 2011Clinton County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 2:29 PM EDT for Clinton County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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 25, 2011, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 9:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1832 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

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

059 
WFUS53 KIND 251829
TORIND
INC023-067-159-251900-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0040.110525T1829Z-110525T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
229 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKFORT...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKFORT AROUND 240 PM EDT...
  MICHIGANTOWN AROUND 250 PM EDT...
  RUSSIAVILLE AND KEMPTON AROUND 300 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 160.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4028 8615 4018 8663 4018 8669 4029 8669
      4047 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 248DEG 38KT 4024 8663

$$

MRD/DT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware40 min
May 24, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll, Tippecanoe50 min
May 24, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe43 min
May 24, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe30 min
May 25, 9:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTipton44 min
May 25, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward, Tipton31 min
May 25, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren45 min
May 25, 10:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren52 min
May 25, 11:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe33 min
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White35 hr
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren15 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo16 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo13 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo19 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan35 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan35 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox17 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey12 days
May 25, 12:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard26 min
May 25, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox15 min
May 25, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Howard, Tipton39 min
May 25, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren52 min
May 25, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren54 min
May 25, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan48 min
May 25, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin45 min
May 25, 2:15 PM EDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe15 min
May 25, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe66 min
May 25, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Sullivan48 min
May 25, 2:27 PM EDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Howard33 min
May 25, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby40 min
May 25, 2:37 PM EDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard23 min
May 25, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin47 min
May 25, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard16 min
May 25, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Martin28 min
May 25, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WarningINDClinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton35 min
May 25, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson, Jennings46 min
May 25, 3:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin3 hr
May 25, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen49 min
May 25, 3:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe6 hr
May 25, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren43 min
May 25, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Lawrence and 3 more56 min
May 25, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo50 min
May 25, 4:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more9 hr
May 25, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur49 min
May 25, 4:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion6 hr
May 25, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby42 min
May 25, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison20 min
May 25, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush19 min
May 25, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam44 min
May 25, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen44 min
May 25, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush41 min
May 25, 6:03 PM EDTTornado WarningINDClay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan42 min
May 25, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo41 min
May 25, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph25 min
May 25, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam38 min
May 25, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo52 min
May 25, 6:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin3 hr
May 25, 6:25 PM EDTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Monroe, Morgan50 min
May 25, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson49 min
May 25, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen33 min
May 25, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Morgan46 min
May 25, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam38 min
May 25, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin48 min
May 25, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam31 min
May 25, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby39 min
May 25, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan, Owen38 min
May 25, 7:11 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe49 min
May 25, 7:16 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Clay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam29 min
May 25, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton30 min
May 25, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby43 min
May 25, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe51 min
May 25, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan32 min
May 25, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan30 min
May 25, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush40 min
May 25, 7:54 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Lawrence51 min
May 25, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby48 min
May 25, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton27 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.