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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 1:02 AM EST for Greene County, Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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 30, 2013, 1:02 AM EST (06:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 10:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
838
WFUS53 KIND 300602
TORIND
INC055-105-119-300645-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0002.130130T0602Z-130130T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
102 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EST
* AT 1259 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 20 MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPENCER...
MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK...
STINESVILLE...
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 8673 3935 8663 3934 8663 3934 8650
3924 8667 3917 8670 3916 8677 3909 8688
3917 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0603Z 229DEG 59KT 3918 8683
$$
KOCH1 follow-up statement
193
WWUS53 KIND 300628
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
128 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
INC055-105-119-300638-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T0645Z/
GREENE-MONROE-OWEN-
128 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREENE...NORTHWESTERN MONROE
AND SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST.
LAT...LON 3935 8673 3935 8663 3934 8663 3934 8650
3924 8667 3917 8670 3916 8677 3909 8688
3917 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 229DEG 59KT 3945 8643
$$
KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 12:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 12:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 12:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 4 more | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 12:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 12:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 12:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Daviess, Greene, Martin, Monroe | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 50 min |
| Jan 30, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 1:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe | 43 min |
| Jan 30, 2:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 2:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 2:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 2:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 2:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Delaware, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 3:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 43 min |
| Jan 30, 3:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 3 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 5 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 47 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 4 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 4 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 5 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 6 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 7 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 3 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 4 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 5 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 47 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 5 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 7 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 7 days |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 22 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 70 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 22 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.