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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 14, 2011Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 3:32 PM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2011, 4:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 14, 3:57 PM ESTHAIL 0.25Flora, IN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 14, 12:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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°0°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.

517 
WFUS53 KIND 142032
TORIND
INC015-142115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0088.111114T2032Z-111114T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH 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 NEAR DELPHI...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMDEN...
  FLORA...

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 4070 8652 4070 8638 4069 8637 4056 8637
      4054 8637 4048 8670 4056 8670 4056 8675
      4061 8678 4073 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 267DEG 43KT 4058 8660

$$

77/TDUD
2 follow-up statements
144 
WWUS53 KIND 142043
SVSIND

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

INC015-142115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-111114T2115Z/
CARROLL-
343 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CARROLL COUNTY 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 9 MILES EAST OF DELPHI...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LOGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 4070 8652 4070 8638 4069 8637 4056 8637
      4054 8637 4048 8670 4056 8670 4056 8675
      4061 8678 4073 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 267DEG 43KT 4058 8646

$$

KOCH
263 
WWUS53 KIND 142112
SVSIND

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

INC015-142121-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-111114T2115Z/
CARROLL-
412 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CARROLL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM
EST/315 PM CST/...

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

LAT...LON 4070 8652 4070 8638 4069 8637 4056 8637
      4054 8637 4048 8670 4056 8670 4056 8675
      4061 8678 4073 8653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 267DEG 43KT 4063 8596

$$

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, 2:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWarren39 min
Nov 14, 3:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe30 min
Nov 14, 3:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.