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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 17, 20135 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 2:46 PM EST for 5 counties in 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
Nov 17, 2013, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2013, 3:15 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Clay County, IN, Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 17, 11:20 AM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1021 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
11.0

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The text

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

501 
WFUS53 KIND 171946
TORIND
INC021-055-119-153-167-172015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0022.131117T1946Z-131117T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
246 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 244 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBINSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 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...
  SULLIVAN...MEROM...TURTLE CREEK RESERVOIR...GRAYSVILLE...
  FAIRBANKS...PAXTON...SHELBURN...FARMERSBURG...DUGGER...PIMENTO...
  HYMERA...VICKSBURG...COALMONT...JASONVILLE...RILEY...CORY...CLAY
  CITY...COAL CITY AND WORTHINGTON.

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 3917 8765 3944 8726 3912 8690 3895 8752
      3897 8753 3898 8758 3906 8758 3908 8760
      3908 8762 3910 8762 3911 8766 3912 8764
      3914 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 244DEG 61KT 3902 8763

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

$$

KOCH
1 follow-up statement
365 
WWUS53 KIND 171954
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
254 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INC021-055-119-153-167-172015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-131117T2015Z/
VIGO IN-SULLIVAN IN-OWEN IN-GREENE IN-CLAY IN-
254 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE...SOUTHWESTERN OWEN...SULLIVAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EST...

AT 252 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALESTINE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
70 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...
SULLIVAN...FAIRBANKS...PAXTON...SHELBURN...FARMERSBURG...DUGGER...
PIMENTO...HYMERA...VICKSBURG...COALMONT...JASONVILLE...RILEY...
CORY...CLAY CITY...COAL CITY AND WORTHINGTON.

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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8765 3944 8726 3912 8690 3895 8752
      3897 8753 3898 8758 3906 8758 3908 8760
      3908 8762 3910 8762 3911 8766 3912 8764
      3914 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 244DEG 61KT 3907 8749

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

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 11:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren39 min
Nov 17, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren34 min
Nov 17, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren30 min
Nov 17, 2:27 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren33 min
Nov 17, 2:34 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion26 min
Nov 17, 2:44 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedINDKnox31 min
Nov 17, 2:50 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe25 min
Nov 17, 2:53 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion37 min
Nov 17, 3:08 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Howard37 min
Nov 17, 3:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam35 min
Nov 17, 3:15 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedINDDaviess, Knox, Martin30 min
Nov 17, 3:17 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClinton, Howard, Madison, Tipton28 min
Nov 17, 3:26 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam34 min
Nov 17, 3:28 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery32 min
Nov 17, 3:40 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe35 min
Nov 17, 3:43 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton32 min
Nov 17, 3:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush and 1 more38 min
Nov 17, 4:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton25 min
Nov 17, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 5 more35 min
Nov 17, 4:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe35 min
Nov 17, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Martin29 min
Nov 17, 4:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more25 min
Nov 17, 4:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Randolph51 min
Nov 17, 4:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison20 min
Nov 17, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion and 2 more31 min
Nov 17, 4:30 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan3 hr
Nov 17, 4:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Monroe and 2 more47 min
Nov 17, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence and 2 more45 min
Nov 17, 4:46 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Jennings29 min
Nov 17, 4:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Randolph and 2 more66 min
Nov 17, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Rush, Shelby52 min
Nov 17, 5:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Daviess, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence and 1 more39 min

Nearby

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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.