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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 2:50 PM EST for Carroll County, Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 4 reports 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
- Nov 17, 2013, 2:50 PM EST (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:00 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Lafayette, IN | US 231 AND SR 26 |
| Nov 17, 3:10 PM EST | TORNADO | Rossville, IN | TORNADO REPORTED AT CR5 1000 W AND 713 N |
| Nov 17, 3:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Delphi, IN | TREES... POWER LINES AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OBSERVED |
| Nov 17, 3:25 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Se Delphi, IN | THREE HOMES REPORTEDLY HIT BY TORNADO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 11:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
286
WFUS53 KIND 171950
TORIND
INC015-023-157-172015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0023.131117T1950Z-131117T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
250 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EST
* AT 247 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...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...
LAFAYETTE...DELPHI...PURDUE UNIVERSITY...DAYTON...MULBERRY AND
ROSSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 176.
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 4068 8662 4029 8641 4023 8695 4034 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 233DEG 80KT 4032 8688
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LEE/RYAN1 follow-up statement
425
WWUS53 KIND 171958
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
258 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
INC015-023-157-172015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-131117T2015Z/
TIPPECANOE IN-CARROLL IN-CLINTON IN-
258 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CLINTON...
WESTERN CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EST...
AT 256 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
AN 82 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED IN DAYTON AT 249 PM.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKFORT...DELPHI...MULBERRY AND ROSSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 176.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4068 8662 4029 8641 4023 8695 4034 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 234DEG 59KT 4038 8679
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 11:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 2:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 33 min |
| Nov 17, 2:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 31 min |
| Nov 17, 2:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo | 29 min |
| Nov 17, 2:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 3:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 3:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 28 min |
| Nov 17, 3:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Nov 17, 3:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton | 32 min |
| Nov 17, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush and 1 more | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 4:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 5 more | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 4:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 4:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 29 min |
| Nov 17, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Randolph | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 4:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 20 min |
| Nov 17, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion and 2 more | 31 min |
| Nov 17, 4:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Monroe and 2 more | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence and 2 more | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 29 min |
| Nov 17, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Randolph and 2 more | 66 min |
| Nov 17, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Rush, Shelby | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Daviess, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence and 1 more | 39 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.