Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 7:50 PM EST for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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, 7:50 PM EST (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
984
WFUS53 KIND 210050
TORIND
INC027-083-210130-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.140221T0050Z-140221T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
750 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
EASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EST
* AT 747 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF VINCENNES...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...
WASHINGTON...BICKNELL...EDWARDSPORT...MONTGOMERY...PLAINVILLE...
CANNELBURG...SANDBORN AND ELNORA.
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 3871 8745 3890 8726 3891 8723 3891 8713
3890 8710 3870 8692 3868 8692 3855 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 231DEG 51KT 3869 8731
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TDUD2 follow-up statements
550
WWUS53 KIND 210101
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
801 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
INC027-083-210130-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0130Z/
KNOX IN-DAVIESS IN-
801 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS AND
NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EST...
AT 757 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANNELBURG AND ELNORA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 8726 3891 8714 3890 8711 3890 8710
3870 8692 3868 8692 3863 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 238DEG 51KT 3875 8711
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MRD/MK090
WWUS53 KIND 210114
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
814 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
INC027-083-210125-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0130Z/
KNOX IN-DAVIESS IN-
814 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS AND NORTHEASTERN KNOX
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3883 8726 3891 8714 3890 8711 3890 8710
3870 8692 3868 8692 3863 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 238DEG 51KT 3888 8688
$$
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, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 29 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 2014Every tornado warning in 2014Tornadoes in 2014
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.