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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 2014Rush County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 5:41 PM EDTHAIL 0.251 Ne Rushville, INTIME 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

RYAN
1 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

$$

RYAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 4:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo52 min
May 11, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion48 min
May 11, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush41 min
May 11, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Marion38 min
May 11, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess, Martin43 min
May 11, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry43 min
May 11, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion38 min
May 11, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby46 min
May 11, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess40 min
May 11, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph49 min
May 11, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush34 min
May 11, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan49 min
May 11, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan, Vigo50 min
May 11, 6:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDRush3 hr
May 11, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin41 min
May 11, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen52 min
May 11, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush49 min
May 11, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Martin49 min
May 11, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo31 min
May 11, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan49 min
May 11, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan47 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.