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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 6:23 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 52 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, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 25, 9:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448
WFUS53 KIND 252223
TORIND
INC045-121-165-167-252315-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0048.110525T2223Z-110525T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
623 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VERMILION...OR NEAR PARIS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTON...
NEWPORT...
ROCKVILLE...
BLANFORD...
UNIVERSAL...
SHEPARDSVILLE...
FAIRVIEW PARK...
ROSEDALE...
DANA...
MECCA...
BRIDGETON...
MONTEZUMA...
BLOOMINGDALE...
MARSHALL...
CECIL HARDEN LAKE...
JUDSON...
TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...
KINGMAN...
YEDDO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
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 3981 8754 4005 8731 3990 8709 3987 8709
3987 8705 3984 8701 3965 8702 3961 8716
3961 8720 3959 8720 3949 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 222DEG 29KT 3962 8758
$$
CP3 follow-up statements
107
WWUS53 KIND 252241
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
641 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC167-252251-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110525T2315Z/
VIGO-
641 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4005 8731 3990 8709 3987 8709 3969 8728
3961 8744 3961 8753 3981 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 222DEG 29KT 3973 8745
$$
INC045-121-165-252315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110525T2315Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
641 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN...
NORTHWESTERN PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
EDT...
AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWPORT...ROCKVILLE...DANA...MECCA...MONTEZUMA...BLOOMINGDALE...
LODI...MARSHALL...TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...KINGMAN AND YEDDO.
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 4005 8731 3990 8709 3987 8709 3969 8728
3961 8744 3961 8753 3981 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 222DEG 29KT 3973 8745
$$
77/TDUD211
WWUS53 KIND 252256
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
656 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC045-121-165-252315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110525T2315Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
656 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN...
NORTHWESTERN PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
EDT...
AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWPORT...ROCKVILLE...BLOOMINGDALE...LODI...MARSHALL...TURKEY RUN
STATE PARK...KINGMAN AND YEDDO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4005 8731 3990 8709 3987 8709 3969 8728
3961 8744 3961 8753 3981 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 222DEG 29KT 3982 8734
$$
77/TDUD397
WWUS53 KIND 252310
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC045-121-165-252320-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110525T2315Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
710 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN...NORTHWESTERN
PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT/615
PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4005 8731 3990 8709 3987 8709 3969 8728
3961 8744 3961 8753 3981 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 222DEG 29KT 3990 8724
$$
77/TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 50 min |
| May 24, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 43 min |
| May 24, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 30 min |
| May 25, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tipton | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Howard, Tipton | 31 min |
| May 25, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 45 min |
| May 25, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 52 min |
| May 25, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 35 hr |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 15 days |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 16 days |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 13 days |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 19 days |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 35 days |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 35 days |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 17 days |
| May 25, 12:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 12 days |
| May 25, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard | 26 min |
| May 25, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 15 min |
| May 25, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 39 min |
| May 25, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 52 min |
| May 25, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 54 min |
| May 25, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 45 min |
| May 25, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 15 min |
| May 25, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 66 min |
| May 25, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Sullivan | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 31 min |
| May 25, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 40 min |
| May 25, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin | 47 min |
| May 25, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard | 16 min |
| May 25, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 28 min |
| May 25, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 35 min |
| May 25, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen | 49 min |
| May 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 6 hr |
| May 25, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Lawrence and 3 more | 56 min |
| May 25, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 9 hr |
| May 25, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 49 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion | 6 hr |
| May 25, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 20 min |
| May 25, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 19 min |
| May 25, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 44 min |
| May 25, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 44 min |
| May 25, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 41 min |
| May 25, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 42 min |
| May 25, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 41 min |
| May 25, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 25 min |
| May 25, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 25, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 46 min |
| May 25, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Lawrence, Martin | 48 min |
| May 25, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam | 31 min |
| May 25, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 39 min |
| May 25, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 38 min |
| May 25, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 49 min |
| May 25, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 30 min |
| May 25, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 43 min |
| May 25, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 51 min |
| May 25, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 32 min |
| May 25, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 30 min |
| May 25, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush | 40 min |
| May 25, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence | 51 min |
| May 25, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 48 min |
| May 25, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton | 27 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.