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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 3:00 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
031
WFUS53 KIND 142000
TORIND
INC157-142030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0086.111114T2000Z-111114T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 258 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF OXFORD...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FOWLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 184.
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 4057 8678 4056 8676 4055 8675 4042 8709
4051 8710 4056 8710 4057 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 253DEG 36KT 4053 8707
$$
77/TDUD2 follow-up statements
801
WWUS53 KIND 142010
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
310 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
INC157-142030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-111114T2030Z/
TIPPECANOE-
310 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE
COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EST...
AT 308 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST LAFAYETTE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4057 8678 4056 8676 4055 8675 4042 8709
4051 8710 4056 8710 4057 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 253DEG 36KT 4053 8698
$$
KOCH318
WWUS53 KIND 142023
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
323 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
INC157-142030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-111114T2030Z/
TIPPECANOE-
323 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE
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 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST LAFAYETTE...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TIPPECANOE 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 4057 8678 4056 8676 4055 8675 4042 8709
4051 8710 4056 8710 4057 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 255DEG 35KT 4049 8696
$$
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, 2:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 39 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.