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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 2011Daviess County, Knox County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 9:37 PM EDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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, 9:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Monroe City, IN	DOWNED PWR LINES SR 241 AND HART ST RD
May 25, 10:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Loogootee, IN
May 25, 10:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 69	Odon, 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 280 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: 1870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 14.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

359 
WFUS53 KIND 260137
TORIND
INC027-083-101-260230-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0071.110526T0137Z-110526T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 933 PM EDT/833 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF
  RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND
  DAMAGE. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELLVILLE TO OAKLAND CITY...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SANDBORN AROUND 945 PM EDT...
  WASHINGTON AND PLAINVILLE AROUND 950 PM EDT...
  ELNORA AROUND 955 PM EDT...
  GLENDALE FISHERY AND MONTGOMERY AROUND 1000 PM EDT...
  ODON AND CANNELBURG AROUND 1005 PM EDT...
  ALFORDSVILLE AROUND 1010 PM EDT...
  WEST BOGGS LAKE...LOOGOOTEE AND CRANE AROUND 1015 PM EDT...
  BURNS CITY AROUND 1020 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.

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 3851 8699 3850 8706 3853 8710 3851 8715
      3855 8721 3850 8730 3854 8735 3851 8738
      3854 8740 3849 8749 3850 8755 3868 8755
      3869 8753 3878 8750 3886 8756 3890 8754
      3891 8669 3852 8668 3852 8683 3849 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 261DEG 27KT 3890 8728 3834 8729

$$
JH

2 follow-up statements

394 
WWUS53 KIND 260205
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1005 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC083-260215-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110526T0230Z/
KNOX-
1005 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3851 8699 3850 8706 3853 8710 3851 8715
      3857 8724 3856 8724 3859 8725 3868 8722
      3876 8723 3885 8717 3884 8714 3887 8715
      3886 8713 3890 8712 3890 8669 3852 8668
      3852 8683 3849 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 261DEG 27KT 3892 8679 3836 8680

$$

INC027-101-260230-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110526T0230Z/
DAVIESS-MARTIN-
1005 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DAVIESS AND MARTIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

AT 1001 PM EDT/901 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES.  THESE DANGEROUS STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BLOOMFIELD TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIAN SPRINGS AROUND 1010 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.

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 3851 8699 3850 8706 3853 8710 3851 8715
      3857 8724 3856 8724 3859 8725 3868 8722
      3876 8723 3885 8717 3884 8714 3887 8715
      3886 8713 3890 8712 3890 8669 3852 8668
      3852 8683 3849 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 261DEG 27KT 3892 8679 3836 8680

$$

JAS

409 
WWUS53 KIND 260217
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1017 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC027-260227-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110526T0230Z/
DAVIESS-
1017 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DAVIESS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3881 8692 3882 8691 3890 8690 3890 8669
      3852 8668 3852 8683 3850 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 261DEG 27KT 3894 8669 3838 8671

$$

INC101-260230-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110526T0230Z/
MARTIN-
1017 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN COUNTY UNTIL 1030
PM EDT...

AT 1015 PM EDT/915 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES.  THESE DANGEROUS STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BEDFORD TO 11 MILES EAST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MARTIN
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.

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 3881 8692 3882 8691 3890 8690 3890 8669
      3852 8668 3852 8683 3850 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 261DEG 27KT 3894 8669 3838 8671

$$

JAS

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, 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, 9:48 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

Nearby

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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.