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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 2:51 PM EST for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 12:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882
WFUS53 KIND 141951
TORIND
INC171-142030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0085.111114T1951Z-111114T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
251 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 249 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR ROSSVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE. A TORNADO MAY
DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENCE...
TAB...
RAINSVILLE...
PINE VILLAGE...
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 4045 8754 4048 8752 4048 8709 4043 8709
4028 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 252DEG 41KT 4035 8762
$$
77/TDUD1 follow-up statement
082
WWUS53 KIND 142004
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
304 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
INC171-142030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-111114T2030Z/
WARREN-
304 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM EST...
AT 303 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSPORT...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAINSVILLE AND PINE VILLAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 8754 4048 8752 4048 8709 4043 8709
4028 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 252DEG 41KT 4038 8740
$$
KOCHThe 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, 2:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll | 42 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 |
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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.