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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2014, 6:22 PM EDT for Morgan County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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
- Oct 7, 2014, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 6:35 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ese Cloverdale, IN | POSSIBLE TORNADO....CORN STALKS SEEN SWIRLING NEAR STATE ROAD 42...FUNNEL VISIBLE RIGHT BEFORE HAND...ESTIMATED 70 MPH WINDS |
| Oct 7, 6:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Se Cloverdale, IN | DAMAGE SURVEY REVEALED BRIEF EF0 TORNADO CAUSING DAMAGE TO A COUPLE TREES. THE TORNADO WAS SIGHTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER OBSERVING SWIRLING CORN STALKS IN THE AIR. |
| Oct 7, 6:37 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Cloverdale, IN | OBSERVED ROTATING WALL CLOUD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939
WFUS53 KIND 072222
TORIND
INC109-119-133-072245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0021.141007T2222Z-141007T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
622 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 619 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 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 NORTHEASTERN
OWEN...SOUTHERN PUTNAM AND WEST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CAGLES MILL LAKE...CLOVERDALE...DEVORE
AND QUINCY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 49.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
&&
LAT...LON 3951 8653 3933 8679 3957 8700 3967 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 302DEG 25KT 3956 8690
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NIELD2 follow-up statements
018
WWUS53 KIND 072230
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
630 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
INC109-119-133-072245-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-141007T2245Z/
PUTNAM IN-OWEN IN-MORGAN IN-
630 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...
NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 627 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAGLES MILL LAKE...CLOVERDALE...BELLE UNION...DEVORE...QUINCY AND
EMINENCE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
&&
LAT...LON 3956 8694 3964 8682 3951 8653 3933 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 312DEG 25KT 3952 8683
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NIELD905
WWUS53 KIND 072238
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
638 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
INC109-119-133-072245-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-141007T2245Z/
PUTNAM IN-OWEN IN-MORGAN IN-
638 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...
NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
EDT...
AT 634 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 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...
DEVORE...QUINCY AND EMINENCE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 49.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 8688 3960 8673 3951 8653 3933 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 307DEG 24KT 3949 8677
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 10:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 19 min |
| Oct 7, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin | 50 min |
| Oct 7, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 28 min |
| Oct 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke, Putnam | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan, Putnam | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam | 61 min |
| Oct 7, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan | 7 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.