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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 2011Montgomery County, Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 9:35 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 9:38 PM EDTTORNADON Bridgeton, INEF0 FROM 938PM TO 939PM PATH 0.4 MILES LONG BY 30 YD WIDE ALONG CREEK.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 6:44 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 299 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1430 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

951 
WFUS53 KIND 260135
TORIND
INC107-121-133-260200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0070.110526T0135Z-110526T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 933 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF CLINTON...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
  TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKVILLE AROUND 945 PM EDT...
  JUDSON...MARSHALL AND CECIL HARDEN LAKE AROUND 950 PM EDT...
  RUSSELLVILLE...SHADES STATE PARK AND WAVELAND AROUND 955 PM EDT...
  NEW MARKET AND ALAMO AROUND 1000 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 34.

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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3968 8739 3969 8738 3970 8739 3972 8738
      4010 8692 3995 8673 3961 8721 3961 8731
      3963 8739 3966 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 221DEG 47KT 3967 8728

$$

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby50 min
May 25, 8:30 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Shelby45 min
May 25, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison34 min
May 25, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Rush, Shelby15 min
May 25, 8:46 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox59 min
May 25, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren67 min
May 25, 8:56 PM EDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen33 min
May 25, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Sullivan, Vigo60 min
May 25, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph, Rush30 min
May 25, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren34 min
May 25, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby49 min
May 25, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe and 3 more53 min
May 25, 9:24 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion36 min
May 25, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam48 min
May 25, 9:27 PM EDTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe, Warren33 min
May 25, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan, Vigo43 min
May 25, 9:37 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Martin53 min
May 25, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush42 min
May 25, 9:51 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks and 5 more24 min
May 25, 10:04 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more41 min
May 25, 10:12 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Hendricks, Howard, Marion and 4 more48 min
May 25, 10:25 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe and 1 more50 min
May 25, 10:35 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard and 2 more40 min
May 25, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Jackson, Jennings and 2 more50 min
May 25, 10:58 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings47 min
May 25, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Madison and 3 more39 min
May 25, 11:08 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton41 min
May 25, 11:12 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby48 min
May 25, 11:24 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison36 min
May 25, 11:29 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDaviess, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin6 hr
May 25, 11:38 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHenry, Randolph6 hr
May 25, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph27 min
May 26, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington5 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Owen70 hr
May 26, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox5 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox4 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike6 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike8 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox9 days
May 26, 3:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington7 days
May 26, 3:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene21 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.