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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2014Greene County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2014, 7:28 PM EDT for Greene County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 17 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: Jun 10, 2014, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Greene County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

821 
WFUS53 KIND 102328
TORIND
INC055-101-102345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0010.140610T2328Z-140610T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
728 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 723 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
  BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN MARTIN
  AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3888 8691 3890 8690 3890 8694 3891 8694
      3905 8689 3900 8668 3886 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 197DEG 19KT 3891 8686

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CP

1 follow-up statement

217 
WWUS53 KIND 102344
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
744 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

INC055-101-102354-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140610T2345Z/
MARTIN IN-GREENE IN-
744 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN 
MARTIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3888 8691 3890 8690 3890 8694 3891 8694
      3905 8689 3900 8668 3886 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 197DEG 19KT 3899 8683

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 6:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Vermillion	3 hr
Jun 10, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Greene	20 min
Jun 10, 7:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene	27 min
Jun 10, 7:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	35 min
Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene	16 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.