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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 8:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2011, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hancock County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 9:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Morristown, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 8.2

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The text

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

782 
WFUS53 KIND 260010
TORIND
INC059-081-097-145-260100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0059.110526T0010Z-110526T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...OR 18 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARGERSVILLE AROUND 815 PM EDT...
  FRANKLIN...WHITELAND...NEW WHITELAND AND MARIETTA AROUND 820 PM
  EDT...
  GREENWOOD AROUND 825 PM EDT...
  BOGGSTOWN AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  FAIRLAND AND SHELBYVILLE AROUND 835 PM EDT...
  NEW PALESTINE AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  SPRING LAKE AND MORRISTOWN AROUND 850 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 102.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 99.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 115.

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 3934 8604 3935 8618 3941 8625 3951 8625
      3983 8586 3968 8563 3959 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 216DEG 38KT 3942 8613

$$

KOCH

3 follow-up statements

153 
WWUS53 KIND 260021
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
821 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC059-081-097-145-260100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110526T0100Z/
HANCOCK-JOHNSON-MARION-SHELBY-
821 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK...
JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 900
PM EDT...

AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...OR 17 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOGGSTOWN AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  FAIRLAND AND SHELBYVILLE AROUND 835 PM EDT...
  NEW PALESTINE AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  SPRING LAKE AND MORRISTOWN AROUND 850 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3939 8600 3938 8611 3944 8617 3952 8623
      3983 8586 3968 8563 3959 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 216DEG 38KT 3951 8604

$$

77/TDUD

409 
WWUS53 KIND 260036
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
836 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC081-097-260046-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110526T0100Z/
JOHNSON-MARION-
836 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JOHNSON AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3959 8564 3950 8584 3949 8594 3955 8596
      3971 8595 3983 8586 3968 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 216DEG 38KT 3964 8592

$$

INC059-145-260100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110526T0100Z/
HANCOCK-SHELBY-
836 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF GREENWOOD...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW PALESTINE AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  SPRING LAKE AND MORRISTOWN AROUND 850 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3959 8564 3950 8584 3949 8594 3955 8596
      3971 8595 3983 8586 3968 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 216DEG 38KT 3964 8592

$$

77/TDUD

351 
WWUS53 KIND 260059
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
859 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC059-145-260109-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110526T0100Z/
HANCOCK-SHELBY-
859 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND NORTHERN SHELBY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT/800 PM CDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3959 8564 3950 8584 3949 8594 3955 8596
      3971 8595 3983 8586 3968 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 216DEG 38KT 3984 8573

$$

77/TDUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Shelby	45 min
May 25, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison	34 min
May 25, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	15 min
May 25, 8:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	59 min
May 25, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	67 min
May 25, 8:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	33 min
May 25, 9:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	60 min
May 25, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph, Rush	30 min
May 25, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	34 min
May 25, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby	49 min
May 25, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe and 3 more	53 min
May 25, 9:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	36 min
May 25, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	48 min
May 25, 9:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	33 min
May 25, 9:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan, Vigo	43 min
May 25, 9:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	25 min
May 25, 9:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	53 min
May 25, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	42 min
May 25, 9:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks and 5 more	24 min
May 25, 10:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more	41 min
May 25, 10:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hendricks, Howard, Marion and 4 more	48 min
May 25, 10:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe and 1 more	50 min
May 25, 10:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard and 2 more	40 min
May 25, 10:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Jackson, Jennings and 2 more	50 min
May 25, 10:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	47 min
May 25, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Madison and 3 more	39 min
May 25, 11:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton	41 min
May 25, 11:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby	48 min
May 25, 11:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison	36 min
May 25, 11:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	6 hr
May 25, 11:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	6 hr
May 25, 11:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	27 min
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	5 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	70 hr
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	5 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	4 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	6 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	8 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	9 days
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	7 days
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.