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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 9, 2013Bartholomew County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2013, 11:16 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 14 min. 1 report 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: May 9, 2013, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2013, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Bartholomew County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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
May 9, 11:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Columbus, IN	TREE DOWN ON SMITH ST IN COLUMBUS... LIMBS DOWN ELSEWHERE IN COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

691 
WFUS53 KIND 100316
TORIND
INC005-100330-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.130510T0316Z-130510T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1116 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1112 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLIFFORD...NEWBERN AND HOPE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 73.

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 3935 8575 3921 8569 3914 8598 3925 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 246DEG 32KT 3921 8591

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

PUMA

1 follow-up statement

663 
WWUS53 KIND 100324
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1124 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013

INC005-100330-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130510T0330Z/
BARTHOLOMEW IN-
1124 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...

AT 1121 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWBERN AND HOPE.

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 3927 8591 3935 8575 3921 8569 3914 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 248DEG 33KT 3923 8583

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen	41 min
May 9, 11:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur	30 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.