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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 2:41 AM EST for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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, 2:41 AM EST (07:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
209 WFUS53 KIND 300741 TORIND INC005-031-145-300830- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.130130T0741Z-130130T0830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 241 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... WEST CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 330 AM EST * AT 238 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLUMBUS... ELIZABETHTOWN... CLIFFORD... NEWBERN... HOPE... FLAT ROCK... HARTSVILLE... BURNEY... MILFORD... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 74. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 134. 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 3937 8585 3938 8543 3904 8595 3919 8606 TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 231DEG 35KT 3917 8593 $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
427 WWUS53 KIND 300803 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 303 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 INC005-031-145-300814- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T0830Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-SHELBY- 303 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL DECATUR...BARTHOLOMEW AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3937 8585 3938 8543 3904 8595 3919 8606 TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 231DEG 35KT 3931 8570 $$ KOCH
The 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, 1:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 43 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, 2:59 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.