Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2014, 5:32 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
- May 11, 2014, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:41 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Ne Rushville, IN | TIME APPROXIMATED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366
WFUS53 KIND 112132
TORIND
INC139-112200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0007.140511T2132Z-140511T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
532 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 528 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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 CENTRAL RUSH
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GLENWOOD.
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 3962 8530 3960 8551 3971 8555 3975 8536
3975 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 255DEG 21KT 3966 8547
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RYAN1 follow-up statement
043
WWUS53 KIND 112154
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014
INC139-112200-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140511T2200Z/
RUSH IN-
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 550 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN RUSH COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3961 8546 3969 8547 3972 8535 3971 8530
3962 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 255DEG 21KT 3969 8532
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 52 min |
| May 11, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Marion | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Marion | 38 min |
| May 11, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess, Martin | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Henry | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Marion | 38 min |
| May 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 40 min |
| May 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 34 min |
| May 11, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan, Vigo | 50 min |
| May 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Rush | 3 hr |
| May 11, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Lawrence, Martin | 41 min |
| May 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 52 min |
| May 11, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 31 min |
| May 11, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 47 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.