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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 11:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 41 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, 11:08 PM EDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 11:49 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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.

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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

577 
WFUS53 KIND 260308
TORIND
INC057-067-095-159-260400-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0078.110526T0308Z-110526T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1108 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1105 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. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIPTON...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  KOKOMO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SUMMITVILLE AROUND 1125 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

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 4051 8585 4038 8585 4039 8561 4037 8557
      4016 8596 4036 8613 4052 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 238DEG 48KT 4029 8591

$$

CP

2 follow-up statements

090 
WWUS53 KIND 260338
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1138 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC057-067-159-260348-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110526T0400Z/
HAMILTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-
1138 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON...SOUTHEASTERN
HOWARD AND EASTERN TIPTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4038 8558 4037 8558 4022 8584 4037 8585
      4038 8581 4038 8577 4039 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 238DEG 48KT 4037 8562

$$

INC095-260400-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110526T0400Z/
MADISON-
1138 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1133 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRMOUNT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
MADISON 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 4038 8558 4037 8558 4022 8584 4037 8585
      4038 8581 4038 8577 4039 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 238DEG 48KT 4037 8562

$$

JAS

382 
WWUS53 KIND 260349
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1149 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC095-260359-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110526T0400Z/
MADISON-
1149 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4038 8558 4037 8558 4022 8584 4037 8585
      4038 8581 4038 8577 4039 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 238DEG 48KT 4045 8545

$$

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, 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, 11:12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.