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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2012, 10:48 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 13 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
- Sep 7, 2012, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2012, 11:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
504 WFUS53 KIND 080248 TORIND INC005-031-079-080315- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0026.120908T0248Z-120908T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1048 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA... * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT * AT 1043 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEWBERN... GRAMMER... SCIPIO... HARTSVILLE... BURNEY... WESTPORT... LETTS... 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 3935 8563 3917 8544 3905 8579 3921 8589 TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 268DEG 19KT 3914 8577 $$ TDUD
2 follow-up statements
206 WWUS53 KIND 080257 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1057 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 INC005-031-079-080315- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120908T0315Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS- 1057 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR... EAST CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW AND NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT... AT 1052 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARTSVILLE...BURNEY...WESTPORT AND LETTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3935 8563 3917 8544 3905 8579 3921 8589 TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 268DEG 19KT 3914 8571 $$ TDUD
881 WWUS53 KIND 080301 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1101 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 INC005-031-079-080311- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120908T0315Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS- 1101 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR...EAST CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW AND NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3935 8563 3917 8544 3905 8579 3921 8589 TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 268DEG 19KT 3914 8568 $$ TDUD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan, Vigo | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Marion | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 9:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 45 min |
| Sep 7, 10:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Daviess, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 12:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Marion | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 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.