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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 23, 2012Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 5:24 PM EDT for Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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: Mar 23, 2012, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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
Mar 23, 5:37 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	3 Se Odon, 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
Mar 23, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 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.

508 
WFUS53 KIND 232124
TORIND
INC027-055-101-232145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0009.120323T2124Z-120323T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
524 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 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 MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHOALS...OR 25 MILES WEST OF
  BEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BURNS CITY...
  CRANE...
  OWENSBURG...

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 3873 8701 3899 8687 3890 8668 3887 8668
      3868 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 213DEG 28KT 3877 8691

$$

MRD/JP

2 follow-up statements

525 
WWUS53 KIND 232138
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
538 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

INC027-055-101-232145-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120323T2145Z/
DAVIESS-GREENE-MARTIN-
538 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 19 MILES WEST
OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN
  MARTIN COUNTIES.

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 3873 8701 3899 8687 3890 8668 3887 8668
      3868 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 213DEG 28KT 3886 8683

$$

KOCH

888 
WWUS53 KIND 232146
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
546 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

INC027-055-101-232155-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120323T2145Z/
DAVIESS-GREENE-MARTIN-
546 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE
AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE ROTATION WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3873 8701 3899 8687 3890 8668 3887 8668
      3868 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 213DEG 28KT 3891 8679

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Knox, Sullivan	26 min
Mar 23, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	35 min
Mar 23, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	31 min
Mar 23, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	37 min
Mar 23, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and 1 more	47 min
Mar 23, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Martin	33 min
Mar 23, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam	28 min
Mar 23, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke	46 min
Mar 23, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen	34 min
Mar 23, 5:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	21 min
Mar 23, 6:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe	33 min
Mar 23, 6:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe, Morgan	33 min
Mar 23, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Marion	44 min
Mar 23, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Morgan	61 min
Mar 23, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks	45 min
Mar 23, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe, Morgan	41 min
Mar 23, 7:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown	24 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.