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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 8:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 33 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, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 9:29 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 272 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.

251 
WFUS53 KIND 260056
TORIND
INC055-105-109-119-260145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0063.110526T0056Z-110526T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 24 MILES WEST OF
  BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FREEDOM AROUND 905 PM EDT...
  PATRICKSBURG AROUND 910 PM EDT...
  SPENCER AND MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 915 PM EDT...
  GOSPORT AND STINESVILLE AROUND 920 PM EDT...
  DEVORE AROUND 925 PM EDT...
  QUINCY AND PARAGON AROUND 930 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 3917 8707 3917 8705 3918 8706 3934 8696
      3934 8694 3936 8695 3946 8688 3947 8647
      3901 8690 3910 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 208DEG 40KT 3914 8695

$$

KOCH

4 follow-up statements

081 
WWUS53 KIND 260105
SVSIND

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

INC055-105-109-119-260145-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110526T0145Z/
GREENE-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN-
905 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GREENE...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 945
PM EDT...

AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER...OR 21 MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PATRICKSBURG AROUND 910 PM EDT...
  SPENCER AND MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 915 PM EDT...
  GOSPORT AND STINESVILLE AROUND 920 PM EDT...
  DEVORE AROUND 925 PM EDT...
  QUINCY AND PARAGON AROUND 930 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 3917 8707 3917 8705 3918 8706 3934 8696
      3934 8694 3936 8695 3946 8688 3947 8647
      3901 8690 3910 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 208DEG 40KT 3923 8689

$$

77/TDUD

221 
WWUS53 KIND 260113
SVSIND

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

INC055-105-260123-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110526T0145Z/
GREENE-MONROE-
913 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN MONROE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3934 8696 3934 8694 3937 8694 3946 8688
      3947 8647 3934 8663 3936 8665 3933 8666
      3933 8668 3930 8668 3920 8679 3927 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 210DEG 42KT 3933 8683

$$

INC109-119-260145-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110526T0145Z/
MORGAN-OWEN-
913 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND
OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPENCER...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOSPORT AROUND 920 PM EDT...
  DEVORE...QUINCY AND PARAGON AROUND 925 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 3934 8696 3934 8694 3937 8694 3946 8688
      3947 8647 3934 8663 3936 8665 3933 8666
      3933 8668 3930 8668 3920 8679 3927 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 210DEG 42KT 3933 8683

$$

77/TDUD

876 
WWUS53 KIND 260123
SVSIND

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

INC109-260133-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110526T0145Z/
MORGAN-
923 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3946 8688 3947 8673 3946 8663 3939 8663
      3936 8665 3934 8670 3934 8676 3935 8688
      3939 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 210DEG 39KT 3944 8679

$$

INC119-260145-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110526T0145Z/
OWEN-
923 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY
UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF SPENCER...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
OWEN COUNTY.

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 3946 8688 3947 8673 3946 8663 3939 8663
      3936 8665 3934 8670 3934 8676 3935 8688
      3939 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 210DEG 39KT 3944 8679

$$

77/TDUD

906 
WWUS53 KIND 260129
SVSIND

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

INC119-260139-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110526T0145Z/
OWEN-
929 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY.

LAT...LON 3946 8688 3947 8673 3946 8663 3939 8663
      3936 8665 3934 8670 3934 8676 3935 8688
      3939 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 210DEG 39KT 3950 8675

$$

77/TDUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	50 min
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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.