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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2012, 5:59 PM EDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Apr 28, 2012, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 90 | Washington, IN | |
| Apr 28, 6:06 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Washington, IN | |
| Apr 28, 6:22 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Ese Washington, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 681 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 811 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
021 WFUS53 KIND 282159 TORIND INC027-083-101-282230- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0014.120428T2159Z-120428T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 559 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BICKNELL WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WASHINGTON... SHOALS... PLAINVILLE... MONTGOMERY... CANNELBURG... WEST BOGGS LAKE... BURNS CITY... LOOGOOTEE... LACY... INDIAN SPRINGS... 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 3880 8669 3856 8677 3868 8737 3887 8730 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 281DEG 37KT 3877 8721 $$ 50
1 follow-up statement
347 WWUS53 KIND 282214 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 614 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 INC027-083-101-282230- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120428T2230Z/ DAVIESS-KNOX-MARTIN- 614 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DAVIESS...EAST CENTRAL KNOX AND CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PETERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...80 TO 90 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN WASHINGTON WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHOALS...CANNELBURG...WEST BOGGS LAKE...BURNS CITY...LOOGOOTEE... INDIAN SPRINGS AND LACY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3880 8669 3856 8677 3868 8737 3887 8730 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 285DEG 36KT 3864 8703 $$ 50
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Lawrence, Martin | 19 min |
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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.