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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 24, 2014Hamilton County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2014, 3:11 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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 24, 2014, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

493 
WFUS53 KIND 241911
TORIND
INC057-097-241945-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0019.140624T1911Z-140624T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
311 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 307 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARMEL...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 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 BE NEAR...
  CARMEL AROUND 325 PM EDT.
  FISHERS AROUND 330 PM EDT.
  NOBLESVILLE AROUND 340 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CASTLETON AND GEIST RESERVOIR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 213.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4001 8586 3998 8586 3982 8613 3983 8622
      3988 8625 4012 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 222DEG 20KT 3990 8614

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

$$

MRD/DT

3 follow-up statements

221 
WWUS53 KIND 241921
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
321 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

INC057-097-241945-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140624T1945Z/
MARION IN-HAMILTON IN-
321 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 317 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CARMEL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 BE NEAR...
  NOBLESVILLE AROUND 335 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GEIST RESERVOIR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 213.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4001 8586 3998 8586 3987 8605 3990 8615
      3997 8617 4012 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 234DEG 22KT 3994 8606

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

$$

MRD/DT

027 
WWUS53 KIND 241930
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
330 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

INC097-241940-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140624T1945Z/
MARION IN-
330 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4001 8586 3998 8586 3992 8596 3993 8607
      3996 8612 4005 8611 4012 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 234DEG 22KT 3997 8601

$$

INC057-241945-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140624T1945Z/
HAMILTON IN-
330 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON
COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 326 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FISHERS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 BE NEAR...
  NOBLESVILLE AROUND 335 PM EDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 203 AND 213.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4001 8586 3998 8586 3992 8596 3993 8607
      3996 8612 4005 8611 4012 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 234DEG 22KT 3997 8601

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

$$

MRD/DT

559 
WWUS53 KIND 241947
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
347 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

INC057-241957-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140624T1945Z/
HAMILTON IN-
347 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

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 4001 8586 3998 8586 3992 8596 3993 8607
      3996 8612 4005 8611 4012 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 234DEG 22KT 3997 8601

$$

MRD/DT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	49 min
Jun 24, 1:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	28 min
Jun 24, 2:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	4 hr
Jun 24, 2:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	3 hr
Jun 24, 2:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	4 hr
Jun 24, 2:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	32 min
Jun 24, 2:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Greene	3 hr
Jun 24, 2:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Marion	29 min
Jun 24, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Morgan	50 min
Jun 24, 3:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	4 hr
Jun 24, 3:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	4 hr
Jun 24, 5:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 5 more	4 hr
Jun 24, 5:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	4 hr
Jun 24, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.