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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 3:52 PM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carroll County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 4:17 PM EST | HAIL 0.25 | 3 S Burlington, IN | REPORT AT SR 29 AND CO RD 750 S. |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
064
WFUS53 KIND 142052
TORIND
INC015-142130-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0089.111114T2052Z-111114T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
352 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EST
* AT 350 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF DELPHI...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURLINGTON...
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 4055 8637 4054 8637 4054 8638 4043 8638
4043 8643 4043 8645 4043 8670 4049 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 263DEG 59KT 4048 8657
$$
77/TDUDThe 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, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 46 min |
| Nov 14, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll | 43 min |
| Nov 14, 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.