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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 7, 2014Brown County, Monroe County, Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2014, 7:20 PM EDT for Brown County, Monroe County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 7 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: Oct 7, 2014, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2014, 7:27 PM EDT
In force: 7 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Brown County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 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

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The text

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

359 
WFUS53 KIND 072320
TORIND
INC013-105-109-072345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0023.141007T2320Z-141007T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
720 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 718 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 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
  MONROE...NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MAHALASVILLE...LAKE LEMON...
  UNIONVILLE AND HELMSBURG.

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 3930 8621 3919 8643 3935 8654 3942 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 308DEG 18KT 3935 8648

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

$$

NIELD

1 follow-up statement

014 
WWUS53 KIND 072327
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
727 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

INC013-105-109-072338-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-141007T2345Z/
MORGAN IN-MONROE IN-BROWN IN-
727 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BROWN...NORTHEASTERN MONROE
AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN 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.

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

LAT...LON 3930 8621 3919 8643 3935 8654 3942 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 308DEG 18KT 3933 8644

$$

NIELD

The 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, 6:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen, Putnam	23 min
Oct 7, 6:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	30 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.