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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:38 PM EDT | TORNADO | N Bridgeton, IN | EF0 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
CPThe 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, 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, 9:37 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.