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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 2:38 AM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 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, 2:38 AM EST (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693 WFUS53 KIND 280738 TORIND INC063-097-109-133-280815- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0005.110228T0738Z-110228T0815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 238 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 315 AM EST * AT 236 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES EAST OF GREENCASTLE...OR 29 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CLAYTON AND DANVILLE AROUND 245 AM EST... PLAINFIELD...AVON AND CAMBY AROUND 250 AM EST... INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRPORT...CLERMONT AND EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR AROUND 255 AM EST... SPEEDWAY...INDIANAPOLIS...MONUMENT CIRCLE AND SPRING HILL AROUND 300 AM EST... INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS...WARREN PARK AND ROCKY RIPPLE AROUND 305 AM EST... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 122. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 88. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 94. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3968 8680 3992 8610 3973 8601 3955 8672 TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 247DEG 58KT 3965 8661 $$ MRD/JK
1 follow-up statement
242 WWUS53 KIND 280806 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 306 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 INC063-097-109-133-280816- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T0815Z/ HENDRICKS-MARION-MORGAN-PUTNAM- 306 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM...SOUTHERN HENDRICKS AND MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM EST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST. LAT...LON 3968 8680 3992 8610 3973 8601 3955 8672 TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 247DEG 58KT 3982 8609 $$ NIELD
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, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 26 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, 2:43 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.