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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 23, 2012Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 1:14 AM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 8 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 23, 2012, 1:14 AM EST (06:14 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2012, 1:22 AM EST
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 494 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 471 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

090 
WFUS53 KIND 230614
TORIND
INC133-230700-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0004.120123T0614Z-120123T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
114 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 200 AM EST

* AT 113 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENCASTLE...OR 24 MILES
  SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY.

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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3982 8676 3972 8670 3963 8681 3967 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 222DEG 35KT 3971 8676

$$

PUMA

1 follow-up statement

226 
WWUS53 KIND 230622
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
122 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012

INC133-230632-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120123T0700Z/
PUTNAM-
122 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3982 8676 3972 8670 3963 8681 3967 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 222DEG 35KT 3977 8668

$$

AB/JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 12:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	30 min
Jan 23, 12:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan	33 min
Jan 23, 12:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	29 min
Jan 23, 12:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Owen	25 min
Jan 23, 12:58 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	32 min
Jan 23, 1:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Hendricks	33 min
Jan 23, 1:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Morgan	45 min
Jan 23, 1:53 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	37 min
Jan 23, 2:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Rush, Shelby	43 min
Jan 23, 2:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph	51 min
Jan 23, 10:46 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	8 days
Jan 23, 10:46 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	11 days

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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.