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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 3:28 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. 9 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, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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, 3:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Jamestown, IN | TREE LIMBS DOWN ON SR 136 |
| Nov 17, 3:36 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | New Ross, IN | SR 136 |
| Nov 17, 3:37 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Thorntown, IN | NO DAMAGE REPORTED |
| Nov 17, 3:40 PM EST | TORNADO | Lebanon, IN | CARS OVERTURNED AND SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR US 52 AND I65 |
| Nov 17, 3:41 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 E Advance, IN | SPOTTER SAW ROTATION BUT NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING ON THE GROUND. |
| Nov 17, 3:41 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ssw Lebanon, IN | *** 2 INJ *** TWO INDIVIDUAL SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WHEN THEIR SEMI FLIPPED AT THE FLYING J PLAZA AT THE INTERSTATE 65 STATE ROUTE 39 INTERCHANGE. |
| Nov 17, 3:44 PM EST | TORNADO | Lebanon, IN | TORNADO REPORTED BY SPOTTER |
| Nov 17, 3:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Lebanon, IN | 2 FOOT TREES DOWN AT 200 E AND 500 N |
| Nov 17, 3:52 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Sw Lebanon, IN | LARGE TONADO ON THE GROUND TO THE NE |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
016
WFUS53 KIND 172028
TORIND
INC011-023-063-107-172100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0030.131117T2028Z-131117T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
328 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 326 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 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...
LEBANON...JAMESTOWN...ADVANCE...THORNTOWN AND ULEN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 151.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 57.
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 4027 8648 3988 8633 3990 8675 3998 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 233DEG 56KT 3997 8671
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LEE/RYAN1 follow-up statement
290
WWUS53 KIND 172037
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
337 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
INC011-023-063-107-172100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-131117T2100Z/
MONTGOMERY IN-HENDRICKS IN-BOONE IN-CLINTON IN-
337 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CLINTON...
WESTERN BOONE...NORTHERN HENDRICKS AND EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EST...
AT 336 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEBANON AND ULEN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 150.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 57.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
&&
LAT...LON 4027 8648 3988 8633 3990 8675 3998 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 245DEG 49KT 4002 8655
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 2:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 25 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, 3:40 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.