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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 23, 2013Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2013, 2:16 PM EDT for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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: Jul 23, 2013, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2013, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

962 
WFUS53 KIND 231816
TORIND
INC105-231845-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0016.130723T1816Z-130723T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
216 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 213 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  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...
  SMITHVILLE AND HARRODSBURG.

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 SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 8668 3918 8662 3912 8641 3899 8651
      3899 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 300DEG 14KT 3914 8662

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MRD/CP

2 follow-up statements

425 
WWUS53 KIND 231828
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
228 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

INC105-231845-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130723T1845Z/
MONROE IN-
228 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY
UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 227 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

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...
SMITHVILLE...HARRODSBURG AND FAIRFAX STATE RECREATION AREA.

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 SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3909 8663 3912 8659 3909 8644 3899 8651
      3899 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 326DEG 20KT 3907 8657

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

$$

MRD/CP

755 
WWUS53 KIND 231841
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
241 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

INC105-231850-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130723T1845Z/
MONROE IN-
241 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245
PM EDT/145 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

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

LAT...LON 3909 8663 3912 8659 3909 8644 3899 8651
      3899 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 326DEG 20KT 3901 8652

$$

MRD/CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Sullivan	44 min
Jul 23, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Monroe	29 min
Jul 23, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	41 min
Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	36 min
Jul 23, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	28 min
Jul 23, 3:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Monroe	3 hr
Jul 23, 3:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.