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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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
- May 1, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
607
WFUS53 KIND 012131
TORIND
INC071-093-012200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0017.120501T2131Z-120501T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
531 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARTLETTSVILLE...
HELTONVILLE...
NORMAN...
PLEASANT VIEW...
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 8663 3900 8651 3899 8632 3902 8632
3904 8623 3885 8618 3880 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 263DEG 26KT 3890 8650
$$
RYAN2 follow-up statements
373
WWUS53 KIND 012140
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
INC071-093-012200-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120501T2200Z/
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-
540 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HELTONVILLE...NORMAN AND PLEASANT VIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3899 8651 3899 8632 3902 8632 3904 8623
3885 8618 3885 8619 3884 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 263DEG 27KT 3893 8640
$$
NIELD852
WWUS53 KIND 012150
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
550 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
INC071-093-012201-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120501T2200Z/
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-
550 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHEASTERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3899 8651 3899 8632 3902 8632 3904 8623
3885 8618 3885 8619 3884 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 263DEG 27KT 3888 8629
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:02 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 19 more | 4 hr |
| May 1, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan | 47 min |
| May 1, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 23 min |
| May 1, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 48 min |
| May 1, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 36 min |
| May 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 25 min |
| May 1, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 16 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 25 min |
| May 1, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 40 min |
| May 1, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 21 min |
| May 1, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 29 min |
| May 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 26 min |
| May 1, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 44 min |
| May 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 30 min |
| May 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 5 hr |
| May 1, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 28 min |
| May 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 51 min |
| May 1, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.