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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 14, 2011Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 3:29 PM EST for Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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: Nov 14, 2011, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 4:15 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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
Nov 14, 3:35 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 60	West Lafayette, IN	55-60 MPH WIND GUST ACCOMPANIED BY PENNY SIZED HAIL.
Nov 14, 3:47 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Lafayette, IN	FUNNEL CLOUD NEARING THE GROUND NEAR THE TIPPECANOE MALL ALONG US 52.

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
Nov 14, 12:41 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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

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The text

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

070 
WFUS53 KIND 142029
TORIND
INC045-157-171-142115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0087.111114T2029Z-111114T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 328 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OXFORD...OR 13 MILES WEST
  OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAFAYETTE...
  WEST LAFAYETTE...
  SHADELAND...
  PURDUE UNIVERSITY...
  DAYTON...
  BATTLE GROUND...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 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 4056 8702 4057 8683 4056 8670 4031 8670
      4026 8716 4048 8722 4048 8710 4055 8710
      4057 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 250DEG 38KT 4040 8711

$$

77/TDUD

3 follow-up statements

493 
WWUS53 KIND 142045
SVSIND

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

INC045-157-171-142115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-111114T2115Z/
FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN-
345 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...
TIPPECANOE AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 342 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 335 PM EST 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY A TRAINED 
SPOTTER AT WEST LAFAYETTE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DAYTON AND BATTLE GROUND.

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 4056 8702 4057 8683 4056 8670 4031 8670
      4026 8716 4048 8722 4048 8710 4055 8710
      4057 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 250DEG 38KT 4042 8688

$$

KOCH

938 
WWUS53 KIND 142052
SVSIND

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

INC045-157-171-142115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-111114T2115Z/
FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN-
352 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...
TIPPECANOE AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 347 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
NEAR THE TIPPECANOE MALL NEARLY TOUCHING THE GROUND. A TORNADO MAY 
DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH 
OF DELPHI...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 4056 8702 4057 8683 4056 8670 4031 8670
      4026 8716 4048 8722 4048 8710 4055 8710
      4057 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 247DEG 58KT 4049 8664

$$

KOCH

468 
WWUS53 KIND 142113
SVSIND

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

INC045-157-171-142123-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-111114T2115Z/
FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN-
413 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...TIPPECANOE AND
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EST/315 PM CST/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4056 8702 4057 8683 4056 8670 4031 8670
      4026 8716 4048 8722 4048 8710 4055 8710
      4057 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 247DEG 58KT 4063 8621

$$

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, 2:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll	42 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, 3:32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.