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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 17, 20135 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 3:40 PM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 4:15 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 3:44 PM EST	TORNADO	Shoals, IN	REPORTED 9 MILES EAST OF SHOALS
Nov 17, 3:56 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Sw Bedford, IN	SR 37 AND US 50

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 PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 230 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

738 
WFUS53 KIND 172040
TORIND
INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0031.131117T2040Z-131117T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 335 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHOALS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  70 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
           BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES
           AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
           FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT
           TREES TO BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...INDIAN SPRINGS...HURON...OWENSBURG...WILLIAMS...
  SILVERVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...MITCHELL...AVOCA...OOLITIC...SPRING
  MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX STATE
  RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...
  MONROE RESERVOIR AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 246DEG 61KT 3879 8682

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

326 
WWUS53 KIND 172048
SVSIND

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

INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-131117T2115Z/
MONROE IN-MARTIN IN-LAWRENCE IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-
348 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...LAWRENCE...MARTIN AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 346 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF SHOALS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...WILLIAMS...SILVERVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...MITCHELL...AVOCA...
OOLITIC...SPRING MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX
STATE RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...
MONROE RESERVOIR...CHARLES DEAM WILDERNESS AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 246DEG 61KT 3883 8669

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RYAN

653 
WWUS53 KIND 172055
SVSIND

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

INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-131117T2115Z/
MONROE IN-MARTIN IN-LAWRENCE IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-
355 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...LAWRENCE...MARTIN AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 351 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...AVOCA...OOLITIC...SPRING MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...
HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX STATE RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...
BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...MONROE RESERVOIR...CHARLES DEAM
WILDERNESS AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 246DEG 61KT 3885 8655

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JAS

The 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 Tornado observed	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 Tornado observed	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, 3:43 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.