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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 201110 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 10:12 PM EDT for 10 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 9 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, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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, 10:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Se Avon, IN
May 25, 10:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Frankfort, IN	TWENTY HIGH VOLTAGE TOWERS IN A ROW WERE TWISTED OR KNOCKED TO THE GROUND 1900 WEST BARNER STREET...JUST NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 28 AND JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS PARK. TIME APPROXIMATE.
May 25, 10:35 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ne Rossville, IN
May 25, 10:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	New Ross, IN	ROOF OFF BARN AT 500 S AND SR 136. REPORTED AT 1035 PM.
May 25, 10:38 PM EDT	HAIL 1	8 Ne Lafayette, IN
May 25, 10:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lebanon, IN	SR 39 AND SR 32. PLY WOOD ON STREET. ROOF OFF APARTMENT BUILDING.
May 25, 10:48 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Flora, IN	SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN. ONE BLOCKING SR 75
May 25, 10:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Frankfort, IN	12 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWN ACROSS RD AT 1763E AND 500N.
May 25, 10:50 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Avon, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

280 
WFUS53 KIND 260212
TORIND
INC011-015-023-063-067-097-107-109-133-157-260300-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0074.110526T0212Z-110526T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1012 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1010 PM EDT...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
  BROOKSTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAFAYETTE AND BATTLE GROUND AROUND 1020 PM EDT...
  GREENCASTLE AROUND 1025 PM EDT...
  CARPENTERSVILLE...ROACHDALE...LADOGA AND DAYTON AROUND 1030 PM
  EDT...
  FILLMORE AROUND 1035 PM EDT...
  YEOMAN...GROVELAND...NEW ROSS AND CLARKS HILL AROUND 1040 PM EDT...
  MULBERRY...DELPHI AND COLFAX AROUND 1045 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 184.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 69.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 71.

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 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8638 4057 8637
      4056 8621 3959 8633 3957 8700 4056 8703
      4057 8678 4066 8678 4067 8676 4073 8676
      4074 8673
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 250DEG 20KT 4059 8691 3960 8692

$$

CP

2 follow-up statements

709 
WWUS53 KIND 260232
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1032 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC107-133-260241-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110526T0300Z/
MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-
1032 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4070 8652 4070 8639 4057 8638 4056 8622
      3959 8634 3958 8665 3963 8664 3963 8668
      4021 8669 4037 8684 4056 8690 4057 8678
      4073 8676 4074 8673 4074 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 250DEG 20KT 4052 8668 4026 8648
          3960 8644

$$

INC011-015-023-063-067-097-109-157-260300-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110526T0300Z/
BOONE-CARROLL-CLINTON-HENDRICKS-HOWARD-MARION-MORGAN-TIPPECANOE-
1032 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON...CARROLL...
BOONE...HENDRICKS...WESTERN HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN MARION...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND EASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM
EDT...

AT 1028 PM EDT...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 5 MILES SOUTH OF DELPHI TO
FRANKFORT TO 5 MILES WEST OF MOORESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AVON...PLAINFIELD...MOORESVILLE AND BROWNSBURG AROUND 1040 PM
  EDT...
  WHITESTOWN...MICHIGANTOWN...KIRKLIN AND CLERMONT AROUND 1050 PM
  EDT...
  CAMDEN AROUND 1055 PM EDT...
  BURLINGTON AND RUSSIAVILLE AROUND 1100 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 4070 8652 4070 8639 4057 8638 4056 8622
      3959 8634 3958 8665 3963 8664 3963 8668
      4021 8669 4037 8684 4056 8690 4057 8678
      4073 8676 4074 8673 4074 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 250DEG 20KT 4052 8668 4026 8648
          3960 8644

$$

JAS

538 
WWUS53 KIND 260245
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1045 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC157-260255-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110526T0300Z/
TIPPECANOE-
1045 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8639 4057 8638
      4056 8622 3959 8634 3959 8656 4043 8667
      4049 8670 4056 8670 4056 8673 4073 8676
      4074 8673
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 250DEG 20KT 4055 8658 4034 8631
          3964 8632

$$

INC011-015-023-063-067-097-109-260300-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110526T0300Z/
BOONE-CARROLL-CLINTON-HENDRICKS-HOWARD-MARION-MORGAN-
1045 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON...CARROLL...
BOONE...HENDRICKS...WESTERN HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN MARION AND NORTH
CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1042 PM EDT...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 DELPHI TO 10 MILES EAST OF
FRANKFORT TO MOORESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FLORA AROUND 1050 PM EDT...
  CAMDEN AND BURLINGTON AROUND 1055 PM EDT...
  RUSSIAVILLE AROUND 1100 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 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8639 4057 8638
      4056 8622 3959 8634 3959 8656 4043 8667
      4049 8670 4056 8670 4056 8673 4073 8676
      4074 8673
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 250DEG 20KT 4055 8658 4034 8631
          3964 8632

$$

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, 9:37 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, 10:25 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.