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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2014, 6:39 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 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
- Sep 10, 2014, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2014, 6:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
730
WFUS53 KIND 102239
TORIND
INC011-063-102315-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0020.140910T2239Z-140910T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
639 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 636 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 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 NORTHERN
HENDRICKS AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...LIZTON AND WHITESTOWN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 138.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 64.
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 4011 8624 3988 8634 3984 8669 3996 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 247DEG 32KT 3990 8662
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
KOCH2 follow-up statements
603
WWUS53 KIND 102248
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
648 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
INC011-063-102315-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140910T2315Z/
HENDRICKS IN-BOONE IN-
648 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND
NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 644 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITESTOWN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 137.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 56.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4011 8624 3988 8634 3990 8658 3997 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 247DEG 32KT 3994 8651
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
KOCH922 WWUS53 KIND 102254 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 654 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 INC011-063-102304- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140910T2315Z/ HENDRICKS IN-BOONE IN- 654 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. LAT...LON 4011 8624 3988 8634 3990 8658 3997 8658 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 247DEG 32KT 3996 8645 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 22 min |
| Sep 10, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 23 min |
| Sep 10, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 17 min |
| Sep 10, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 44 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.