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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2014Greene County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2014, 7:40 PM EDT for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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

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The text

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

171 
WFUS53 KIND 102340
TORIND
INC055-119-110015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0012.140610T2340Z-140611T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 737 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH
  AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
  CENTRAL GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN OWEN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FREEDOM.

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 8702 3924 8675 3902 8690 3905 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 198DEG 16KT 3912 8693

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

$$

RYAN

1 follow-up statement

628 
WWUS53 KIND 102353
SVSIND

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

INC055-119-110015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140611T0015Z/
OWEN IN-GREENE IN-
753 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREENE AND
SOUTH CENTRAL OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 751 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREEDOM.

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 3911 8684 3912 8701 3927 8702 3924 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 198DEG 16KT 3918 8691

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

$$

RYAN

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, 7:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Greene, Martin	17 min
Jun 10, 7:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene	27 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.