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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 14, 2011Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 2:48 PM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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: Nov 14, 2011, 2:48 PM EST (19:48 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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
Nov 14, 12:41 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

088 
WFUS53 KIND 141948
TORIND
INC015-142030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0084.111114T1948Z-111114T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
248 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 244 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BROOKSTON...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YEOMAN...

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 4074 8653 4073 8652 4070 8652 4070 8638
      4069 8637 4067 8637 4059 8678 4066 8678
      4067 8676 4073 8676 4074 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 253DEG 61KT 4069 8677

$$

77/TDUD

2 follow-up statements

930 
WWUS53 KIND 142003
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
303 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

INC015-142030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-111114T2030Z/
CARROLL-
303 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM EST...

AT 258 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THESE
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
EAST OF MONTICELLO TO 6 MILES EAST OF BROOKSTON...MOVING EAST AT 70
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CARROLL 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4074 8653 4073 8652 4070 8652 4070 8638
      4069 8637 4067 8637 4059 8678 4066 8678
      4067 8676 4073 8676 4074 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 253DEG 61KT 4077 8645 4066 8664

$$

KOCH

546 
WWUS53 KIND 142021
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
321 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

INC015-142030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-111114T2030Z/
CARROLL-
321 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM EST...

AT 320 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELPHI...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CARROLL 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4074 8653 4073 8652 4070 8652 4070 8638
      4069 8637 4067 8637 4059 8678 4066 8678
      4067 8676 4073 8676 4074 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 260DEG 52KT 4061 8670

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 13, 7:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	26 min
Nov 13, 8:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	37 min
Nov 13, 8:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone	23 min
Nov 13, 10:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Morgan	31 min
Nov 13, 11:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson	28 min
Nov 13, 11:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush, Shelby	43 min
Nov 14, 6:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Parke, Putnam	45 min
Nov 14, 9:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clinton	39 min
Nov 14, 2:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warren	34 min
Nov 14, 2:51 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Warren	39 min
Nov 14, 3:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	30 min
Nov 14, 3:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	46 min
Nov 14, 3:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll	43 min
Nov 14, 3:52 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll	38 min
Nov 14, 4:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion	44 min
Nov 14, 4:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Tippecanoe	2 hr
Nov 14, 4:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton	20 min
Nov 14, 4:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	31 min
Nov 14, 5:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	28 min
Nov 14, 5:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	41 min
Nov 14, 5:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam	31 min
Nov 14, 5:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	46 min
Nov 14, 6:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton	5 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.