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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2013, 11:30 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- May 9, 2013, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414
WFUS53 KIND 100330
TORIND
INC005-031-100400-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0009.130510T0330Z-130510T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1130 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 1128 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST 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...
HARTSVILLE...BURNEY...MILFORD AND ADAMS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 132.
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 8568 3935 8563 3938 8563 3943 8553
3926 8547 3919 8580 3929 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 248DEG 32KT 3926 8575
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
769
WWUS53 KIND 100341
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1141 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013
INC005-100351-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130510T0400Z/
BARTHOLOMEW IN-
1141 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3926 8547 3922 8569 3932 8569 3935 8568
3935 8563 3938 8563 3943 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 248DEG 36KT 3929 8561
$$
INC031-100400-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130510T0400Z/
DECATUR IN-
1141 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...
AT 1138 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG...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...
MILFORD AND ADAMS.
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 3926 8547 3922 8569 3932 8569 3935 8568
3935 8563 3938 8563 3943 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 248DEG 36KT 3929 8561
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMA643
WWUS53 KIND 100356
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1156 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013
INC031-100405-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130510T0400Z/
DECATUR IN-
1156 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3926 8547 3922 8569 3932 8569 3935 8568
3935 8563 3938 8563 3943 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 248DEG 36KT 3934 8543
$$
PUMAThe 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, 11:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 14 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.