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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 17, 20124 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2012, 7:27 AM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 48 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
Jan 17, 2012, 7:27 AM EST (12:27 UTC)
Expired
Jan 17, 2012, 8:15 AM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2012-01-17Temperature 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 2012-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -88 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-55 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.

925 
WFUS53 KIND 171227
TORIND
INC027-055-093-101-171315-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0002.120117T1227Z-120117T1315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
727 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 AM EST

* AT 726 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 24 MILES WEST
  OF BEDFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...
  INDIAN SPRINGS...
  OWENSBURG...
  SILVERVILLE...
  SPRINGVILLE...
  AVOCA...
  OOLITIC...
  BARTLETTSVILLE...
  HELTONVILLE...

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 3890 8701 3897 8667 3900 8640 3899 8639
      3899 8628 3884 8628 3877 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1228Z 257DEG 43KT 3885 8690

$$

NIELD
4 follow-up statements
127 
WWUS53 KIND 171238
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
738 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC027-171248-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1315Z/
DAVIESS-
738 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3882 8692 3882 8691 3885 8691 3892 8690
      3897 8667 3900 8644 3899 8628 3884 8628
      3879 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 257DEG 49KT 3888 8673

$$

INC055-093-101-171315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1315Z/
GREENE-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-
738 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM EST...

AT 736 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 15 MILES WEST
OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...SILVERVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...AVOCA...OOLITIC...
  BARTLETTSVILLE AND HELTONVILLE.

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 3882 8692 3882 8691 3885 8691 3892 8690
      3897 8667 3900 8644 3899 8628 3884 8628
      3879 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 257DEG 49KT 3888 8673

$$

NIELD
096 
WWUS53 KIND 171253
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
753 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC055-093-101-171315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1315Z/
GREENE-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-
753 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM
EST...

AT 749 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF SHOALS...OR 14 MILES WEST OF
BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...SILVERVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...AVOCA...OOLITIC...HELTONVILLE
  AND BARTLETTSVILLE.

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 3882 8681 3886 8683 3889 8681 3896 8672
      3900 8647 3899 8628 3884 8628 3882 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 1253Z 261DEG 34KT 3887 8671

$$

PUMA
961 
WWUS53 KIND 171258
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
758 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC055-101-171308-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1315Z/
GREENE-MARTIN-
758 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN
MARTIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3886 8668 3896 8667 3900 8649 3899 8628
      3884 8628 3882 8657 3882 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 261DEG 37KT 3891 8649

$$

INC093-171315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1315Z/
LAWRENCE-
758 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
UNTIL 815 AM EST...

AT 754 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARTLETTSVILLE AND HELTONVILLE.

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 3886 8668 3896 8667 3900 8649 3899 8628
      3884 8628 3882 8657 3882 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 261DEG 37KT 3891 8649

$$

PUMA
646 
WWUS53 KIND 171306
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
806 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC093-171315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1315Z/
LAWRENCE-
806 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
UNTIL 815 AM EST...

AT 803 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HELTONVILLE.

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 3890 8662 3895 8659 3898 8650 3899 8628
      3884 8628 3885 8652 3886 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 262DEG 44KT 3892 8639

$$

PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 3:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll, Tippecanoe52 min
Jan 17, 4:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward34 min
Jan 17, 5:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene, Owen, Sullivan65 min
Jan 17, 6:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan35 min
Jan 17, 6:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Owen and 1 more62 min
Jan 17, 6:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion25 min
Jan 17, 6:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Madison31 min
Jan 17, 6:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan68 min
Jan 17, 7:06 AM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox24 min
Jan 17, 7:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings42 min
Jan 17, 7:21 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDecatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 6 more3 hr
Jan 17, 7:23 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 5 more4 hr
Jan 17, 8:11 AM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson, Lawrence49 min
Jan 17, 8:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings21 min
Jan 17, 8:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox48 min
Jan 17, 9:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDJennings30 min
Jan 17, 9:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin34 min
Jan 17, 9:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence36 min
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington4 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo51 hr
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo19 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan23 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan23 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey21 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox14 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox4 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike16 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike19 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox20 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren16 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren16 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo18 days
Jan 17, 12:25 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 7 more6 hr
Jan 17, 6:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Rush and 1 more4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.