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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 2011Carroll County, Clinton County, Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2011, 6:55 PM EDT for Carroll County, Clinton County, Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 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: Jun 4, 2011, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2011, 7:07 PM EDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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
Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Burlington, IN	NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ON ROADWAYS.

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
Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 2749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

317 
WFUS53 KIND 042255
TORIND
INC015-023-067-042330-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0081.110604T2255Z-110604T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
655 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSSIAVILLE AROUND 710 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 4040 8623 4040 8624 4038 8624 4033 8625
      4039 8649 4051 8645 4050 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 284DEG 24KT 4044 8638

$$

SMF

1 follow-up statement

043 
WWUS53 KIND 042307
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
707 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

INC015-023-067-042317-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-110604T2330Z/
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-
707 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN
CARROLL AND SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.

LAT...LON 4040 8623 4040 8624 4038 8624 4033 8625
      4039 8649 4051 8645 4050 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 284DEG 24KT 4042 8628

$$

SMF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clinton, Howard	41 min
Jun 4, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	50 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	45 min
Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	60 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	69 min
Jun 4, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Howard, Tipton	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe	79 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	95 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Madison	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Madison	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Tipton	6 hr
Jun 4, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	49 min
Jun 4, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	40 min
Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more	41 min
Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	38 min

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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.