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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 17, 20134 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 3:43 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 4:15 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, Hamilton County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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	Lebanon, IN	TORNADO REPORTED BY SPOTTER
Nov 17, 4:10 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 W Noblesville, IN
Nov 17, 4:25 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Westfield, IN

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 202 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.

007 
WFUS53 KIND 172043
TORIND
INC011-023-057-159-172115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0032.131117T2043Z-131117T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 341 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE
  AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...AND   
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE CITY 
OF LEBANON.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  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...
  NOBLESVILLE...KIRKLIN...SHERIDAN...WESTFIELD...KEMPTON...MORSE
  RESERVOIR AND CICERO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 142.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. 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 4001 8592 4000 8648 4006 8651 4038 8625
      4038 8624 4039 8624 4041 8623 4040 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 246DEG 52KT 4005 8644

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

LEE/RYAN

2 follow-up statements

239 
WWUS53 KIND 172050
SVSIND

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

INC011-023-057-159-172115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-131117T2115Z/
TIPTON IN-HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-CLINTON IN-
350 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON...
NORTHEASTERN BOONE...NORTHERN HAMILTON AND WESTERN TIPTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 346 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED FROM SEVERAL SOURCES AT THE INTERSTATE 65 AND 
STATE ROUTE 32 INTERCHANGE AT 343 PM.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
NOBLESVILLE...SHERIDAN...WESTFIELD...KEMPTON...MORSE RESERVOIR AND
CICERO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 142.

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.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4001 8592 4000 8648 4006 8651 4038 8625
      4038 8624 4039 8624 4041 8623 4040 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 246DEG 52KT 4008 8631

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

$$

RYAN

530 
WWUS53 KIND 172100
SVSIND

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

INC011-023-057-159-172115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-131117T2115Z/
TIPTON IN-HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-CLINTON IN-
400 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON...
NORTHEASTERN BOONE...NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND WESTERN TIPTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 356 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NOBLESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
CICERO.

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.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4040 8621 4010 8599 4005 8636 4020 8640
      4038 8625 4038 8624 4040 8623 4041 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 243DEG 56KT 4017 8612

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

$$

RYAN

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, 3:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	35 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.