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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 19, 2014Delaware County, Henry County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2014, 3:44 PM EDT for Delaware County, Henry County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 4 reports 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: Jun 19, 2014, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 Nnw Markleville, IN	REPORT FROM COUNTY SHERRIF AND LOCAL MEDIA OF A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS FIRST SPOTTED ALONG STATE ROAD 236 IN BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 200E AND 300E. LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLLOWED THE FUNNEL CLOUD TO THE HENRY COUNTY LINE AS IT MOVED SOUTHEAST.
Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 N Markleville, IN	DAMAGE TO TREES...SHED AND BARN DOORS. STORM SURVEY TRAINED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OBSERVED ALL DAMAGE ALIGNED TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH THE PATH OF THE STORM. CONFERRING WITH NWS OFFICIALS...THE DAMAGE EVIDENCE WAS INDICATIVE OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ASSOCI
Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDT	TORNADO	6 Nnw Markleville, IN	REPORT FROM COUNTY SHERRIF AND LOCAL MEDIA OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS FIRST SPOTTED ALONG STATE ROAD 236 IN BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 200E AND 300E. LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLLOWED THE TORNADO TO THE HENRY COUNTY LINE AS IT MOVED SOUTHEAST. THEY REPORTED SEEING ONLY TR
Jun 19, 4:09 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ne Markleville, IN	APPROXIMATE LOCATION.... RECEIVED VIA TWITTER

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 12:00Z, 7.7 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.

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: 84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

587 
WFUS53 KIND 191944
TORIND
INC035-065-095-192015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0015.140619T1944Z-140619T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
344 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 342 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDERSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  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 SOUTHEASTERN
  MADISON...SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTIES...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MIDDLETOWN...SULPHUR SPRINGS...
  CADIZ AND MOUNT SUMMIT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 224 AND 233.

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 3983 8547 3993 8558 3994 8558 3995 8559
      4005 8571 4014 8565 4005 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 303DEG 17KT 4007 8564

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

$$

LEE/DT

2 follow-up statements

227 
WWUS53 KIND 192001
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
401 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

INC035-095-192010-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140619T2015Z/
MADISON IN-DELAWARE IN-
401 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3983 8547 3993 8558 3998 8558 4008 8552
      4005 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 303DEG 17KT 4000 8551

$$

INC065-192015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140619T2015Z/
HENRY IN-
401 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM EDT...

AT 357 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW CASTLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...CADIZ...KENNARD...SPRINGPORT...MOUNT SUMMIT...
GREENSBORO AND SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 120.

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 3983 8547 3993 8558 3998 8558 4008 8552
      4005 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 303DEG 17KT 4000 8551

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

$$

LEE/DT

690 
WWUS53 KIND 192009
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
409 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

INC065-192019-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140619T2015Z/
HENRY IN-
409 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN HENRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM
EDT...

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

LAT...LON 3983 8547 3993 8558 3998 8558 4008 8552
      4005 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 303DEG 17KT 3998 8546

$$

LEE/MK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 10:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	50 min
Jun 18, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton	39 min
Jun 18, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Montgomery	47 min
Jun 19, 5:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Randolph	9 hr
Jun 19, 7:48 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	24 hr
Jun 19, 8:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	21 min
Jun 19, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry	30 min
Jun 19, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tipton	33 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	3 hr
Jun 19, 2:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	3 hr
Jun 19, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton	42 min
Jun 19, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	4 hr
Jun 19, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton	32 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Henry	5 hr
Jun 19, 4:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tipton	3 hr
Jun 19, 5:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll, Howard, Tippecanoe	3 hr
Jun 19, 5:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton	3 hr
Jun 19, 5:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton	6 hr
Jun 19, 6:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hancock, Marion	3 hr
Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	6 hr

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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.