Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 7:31 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 7:31 PM EST (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Parke County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
083
WFUS53 KIND 210031
TORIND
INC121-210100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0002.140221T0031Z-140221T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
731 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 727 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CECIL HARDEN LAKE.
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 3996 8711 3994 8709 3987 8709 3987 8703
3984 8700 3975 8701 3966 8720 3982 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 235DEG 65KT 3980 8714
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TDUD2 follow-up statements
008
WWUS53 KIND 210039
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
739 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
INC121-210100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0100Z/
PARKE IN-
739 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM EST...
AT 737 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF ROCKVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN PARKE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 8713 3987 8709 3987 8703 3985 8701
3982 8701 3975 8701 3973 8713 3977 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 247DEG 51KT 3981 8704
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MRD/MK511
WWUS53 KIND 210049
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
749 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
INC121-210059-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0100Z/
PARKE IN-
749 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3982 8713 3987 8709 3987 8703 3985 8701
3982 8701 3975 8701 3973 8713 3977 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 247DEG 51KT 3986 8687
$$
MRD/MKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 52 min |
| Feb 20, 7:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 7:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 7:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard and 3 more | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 8:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 8:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 8:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Howard, Madison, Marion and 2 more | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 8:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush and 1 more | 47 min |
| Feb 20, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Rush and 1 more | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 9:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush | 53 min |
| Feb 20, 9:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 3 more | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 10:07 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 44 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 25 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 41 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Rush, Shelby | 47 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 32 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Marion | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 48 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 53 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 9 days |
| Feb 21, 10:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Howard | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 33 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.