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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 5 reports 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, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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, 8:46 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Se Waymansville, IN | |
| May 25, 8:49 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sw Columbus, IN | |
| May 25, 8:57 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Columbus, IN | CENTRAL AVE AND US 31. |
| May 25, 9:01 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 S Columbus, IN | WALL CLOUD WITH NO ROTATION AT US 31 AND 400 S. |
| May 25, 9:01 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Columbus, IN | ROCKY FORD AND 330 CENTRAL. |
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 | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
369 WFUS53 KIND 260030 TORIND INC005-013-031-071-079-145-260115- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0060.110526T0030Z-110526T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA... SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 825 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSTOWN...OR 16 MILES WEST OF SEYMOUR. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAYMANSVILLE...STONE HEAD AND CORTLAND AROUND 835 PM EDT... JONESVILLE AROUND 845 PM EDT... AZALIA AROUND 850 PM EDT... COLUMBUS AND ELIZABETHTOWN AROUND 855 PM EDT... TAYLORSVILLE AND SCIPIO AROUND 900 PM EDT... CLIFFORD AND GRAMMER AROUND 905 PM EDT... NEWBERN...HOPE AND FLAT ROCK AROUND 910 PM EDT... HARTSVILLE AROUND 915 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 77. 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. && LAT...LON 3945 8579 3916 8549 3890 8615 3903 8629 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 231DEG 34KT 3903 8612 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
664
WWUS53 KIND 260048
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
848 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC071-260057-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110526T0115Z/
JACKSON-
848 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3904 8593 3904 8606 3915 8615 3945 8579
3916 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 235DEG 37KT 3918 8596
$$
INC005-013-031-079-145-260115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110526T0115Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DECATUR-JENNINGS-SHELBY-
848 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR...
EAST CENTRAL BROWN...BARTHOLOMEW...NORTHWESTERN JENNINGS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...
AT 843 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TAYLORSVILLE AND ELIZABETHTOWN AROUND 855 PM EDT...
CLIFFORD AND GRAMMER AROUND 900 PM EDT...
HOPE...NEWBERN AND FLAT ROCK AROUND 905 PM EDT...
HARTSVILLE AND WESTPORT AROUND 910 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS TORNADO THAT HAS ALREADY CAUSED SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3904 8593 3904 8606 3915 8615 3945 8579
3916 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 235DEG 37KT 3918 8596
$$
77/TDUD860
WWUS53 KIND 260056
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
856 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
INC013-079-260106-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110526T0115Z/
BROWN-JENNINGS-
856 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN
JENNINGS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3914 8582 3914 8598 3921 8608 3945 8579
3924 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 232DEG 28KT 3924 8591
$$
INC005-031-145-260115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110526T0115Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-SHELBY-
856 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DECATUR...
NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW AND SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM
EDT...
AT 853 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOPE...FLAT ROCK...HARTSVILLE AND NEWBERN AROUND 910 PM EDT...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 8582 3914 8598 3921 8608 3945 8579
3924 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 232DEG 28KT 3924 8591
$$
77/TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 50 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.