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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2012, 6:16 PM EDT for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 5 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
- May 1, 2012, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:31 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W Covington, IN | |
| May 1, 6:41 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Covington, IN | |
| May 1, 6:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Veedersburg, IN | |
| May 1, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 N Veedersburg, IN | |
| May 1, 6:57 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 E Yeddo, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
543 WFUS53 KIND 012216 TORIND INC045-165-171-012300- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0018.120501T2216Z-120501T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 616 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CATLIN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE... AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS WITH THIS STORM ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COVINGTON... VEEDERSBURG... GESSIE... FOSTER... PERRYSVILLE... YEDDO... HILLSBORO... MELLOTT... NEWTOWN... WALLACE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23. 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 4019 8754 4022 8709 3998 8709 3998 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 266DEG 30KT 4007 8766 $$ RYAN
1 follow-up statement
665 WWUS53 KIND 012227 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 627 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 INC045-165-171-012300- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120501T2300Z/ FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-WARREN- 627 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FOUNTAIN...NORTHWESTERN VERMILLION AND SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF WESTVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COVINGTON...VEEDERSBURG...FOSTER...PERRYSVILLE...YEDDO... HILLSBORO...MELLOTT...NEWTOWN AND WALLACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && LAT...LON 4019 8754 4022 8709 3998 8709 3998 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 270DEG 32KT 4006 8749 $$ NIELD
The 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, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 29 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, 6:49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.