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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 17, 2013Daviess County, Knox County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 4:16 PM EST for Daviess County, Knox County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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: Nov 17, 2013, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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.

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, 9.3 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

654 
WFUS53 KIND 172116
TORIND
INC027-083-101-172145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0035.131117T2116Z-131117T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 413 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 60 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...
  WASHINGTON...SHOALS...BICKNELL...WHEATLAND...EDWARDSPORT...
  PLAINVILLE...ELNORA...MONTGOMERY...ODON...CANNELBURG...WEST BOGGS
  LAKE...LOOGOOTEE...BURNS CITY...INDIAN SPRINGS AND LACY.

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 3866 8747 3885 8742 3891 8672 3890 8669
      3856 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 273DEG 51KT 3874 8734

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KOCH

1 follow-up statement

480 
WWUS53 KIND 172140
SVSIND

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

INC027-083-101-172150-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-131117T2145Z/
MARTIN IN-KNOX IN-DAVIESS IN-
440 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DAVIESS...CENTRAL KNOX AND MARTIN COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EST/345 PM CST/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST.

LAT...LON 3866 8747 3885 8742 3891 8672 3890 8669
      3856 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 273DEG 51KT 3870 8692

$$

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, 3:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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, 4:20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.