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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 14, 2011Warren County, Indiana

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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 14, 12:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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/TDUD
1 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

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 7:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke26 min
Nov 13, 8:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam37 min
Nov 13, 8:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone23 min
Nov 13, 10:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan31 min
Nov 13, 11:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDJohnson28 min
Nov 13, 11:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush, Shelby43 min
Nov 14, 6:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Parke, Putnam45 min
Nov 14, 9:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton39 min
Nov 14, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren34 min
Nov 14, 2:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll42 min
Nov 14, 3:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe30 min
Nov 14, 3:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren46 min
Nov 14, 3:32 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll43 min
Nov 14, 3:52 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll38 min
Nov 14, 4:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion44 min
Nov 14, 4:17 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDTippecanoe2 hr
Nov 14, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton20 min
Nov 14, 4:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton31 min
Nov 14, 5:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo28 min
Nov 14, 5:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan41 min
Nov 14, 5:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam31 min
Nov 14, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin46 min
Nov 14, 6:17 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hamilton5 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.