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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 2013Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2013, 7:59 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 16 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: Jun 26, 2013, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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
Jun 26, 8:03 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Monroe City, IN	TREE LIMBS DOWNED ALONG STATE ROUTE 61. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Jun 26, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 1818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

074 
WFUS53 KIND 262359
TORIND
INC083-270015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0015.130626T2359Z-130627T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
759 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 758 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PETERSBURG...AND MOVING   
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD HAVE      
  OCCURRED NEAR MONROE CITY.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KNOX 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3854 8735 3854 8736 3852 8736 3851 8738
      3853 8738 3856 8742 3865 8736 3858 8724
      3856 8725 3854 8723 3852 8726 3850 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 303DEG 24KT 3857 8732

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RYAN

1 follow-up statement

501 
WWUS53 KIND 270014
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
814 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

INC083-270025-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130627T0015Z/
KNOX IN-
814 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3854 8735 3854 8736 3852 8736 3851 8738
      3853 8738 3856 8742 3865 8736 3858 8724
      3856 8725 3854 8723 3852 8726 3850 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 303DEG 24KT 3851 8720

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	37 min
Jun 25, 8:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke	46 min
Jun 25, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Vigo	50 min
Jun 25, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Putnam	39 min
Jun 25, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen	50 min
Jun 26, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene	54 min
Jun 26, 1:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	67 min
Jun 26, 2:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 4 more	90 min
Jun 26, 2:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson, Jennings	55 min
Jun 26, 9:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	17 hr
Jun 26, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Sullivan	32 min
Jun 26, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	46 min
Jun 26, 1:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	6 hr
Jun 26, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	52 min
Jun 26, 2:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	6 hr
Jun 26, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin	41 min
Jun 26, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	48 min
Jun 26, 3:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin	5 hr
Jun 26, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Martin	25 min
Jun 26, 4:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo	6 hr
Jun 26, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	32 min
Jun 26, 5:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	28 min
Jun 26, 5:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	4 hr
Jun 26, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	60 min
Jun 26, 5:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	28 min
Jun 26, 5:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen	4 hr
Jun 26, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Knox	4 hr
Jun 26, 6:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Knox	22 min
Jun 26, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Martin	34 min
Jun 26, 7:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson	28 min
Jun 26, 7:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan	3 hr
Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.