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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 10:58 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 47 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, 10:58 PM EDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

869 
WFUS53 KIND 260258
TORIND
INC005-031-071-079-260345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0077.110526T0258Z-110526T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1058 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1056 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEYMOUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCIPIO...COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES...NORTH VERNON AND ELIZABETHTOWN
  AROUND 1105 PM EDT...
  GRAMMER AROUND 1110 PM EDT...
  WESTPORT...NEBRASKA AND BUTLERVILLE AROUND 1115 PM EDT...
  MILLHOUSEN AND LETTS AROUND 1120 PM EDT...
  GREENSBURG AROUND 1125 PM EDT...
  NEWPOINT AROUND 1130 PM EDT...
  LAKE SANTEE AND CLARKSBURG AROUND 1135 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 59.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 144.

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 3919 8543 3903 8544 3886 8588 3901 8602
      3945 8538 3945 8529 3927 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 235DEG 57KT 3899 8585

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

026 
WWUS53 KIND 260326
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1126 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC071-260336-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
JACKSON-
1126 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3919 8543 3903 8544 3892 8572 3918 8577
      3945 8538 3945 8529 3927 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 235DEG 57KT 3919 8547

$$

INC005-031-079-260345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS-
1126 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DECATUR...EAST CENTRAL
BARTHOLOMEW AND NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

AT 1124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBURG...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWPOINT AROUND 1135 PM EDT...
  LAKE SANTEE AND CLARKSBURG AROUND 1140 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 3919 8543 3903 8544 3892 8572 3918 8577
      3945 8538 3945 8529 3927 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 235DEG 57KT 3919 8547

$$

JAS

960 
WWUS53 KIND 260334
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1134 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC005-260344-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-
1134 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3919 8543 3903 8544 3900 8552 3928 8563
      3945 8538 3945 8529 3927 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 235DEG 57KT 3926 8534

$$

INC031-079-260345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
DECATUR-JENNINGS-
1134 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DECATUR AND NORTHEASTERN
JENNINGS COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

AT 1128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBURG...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE SANTEE AND CLARKSBURG AROUND 1140 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 3919 8543 3903 8544 3900 8552 3928 8563
      3945 8538 3945 8529 3927 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 235DEG 57KT 3926 8534

$$

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, 10:12 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, 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.