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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2014Greene County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2014, 7:25 PM EDT for Greene County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 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: Jun 10, 2014, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Greene County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 10, 7:25 PM EDT	TORNADO	Bloomfield, IN	BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ALONG BASELINE ROAD SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD. EF-0 INTENSITY.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

704 
WFUS53 KIND 102325
TORIND
INC055-102345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0009.140610T2325Z-140610T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
725 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 723 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMFIELD...
  AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  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.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL GREENE
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORTHINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3912 8709 3914 8689 3899 8687 3897 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 162DEG 14KT 3904 8697

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RYAN

1 follow-up statement

967 
WWUS53 KIND 102333
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
733 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

INC055-102345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140610T2345Z/
GREENE IN-
733 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 732 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMFIELD...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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...
WORTHINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3912 8709 3914 8689 3903 8688 3902 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 162DEG 14KT 3909 8698

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 6:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Vermillion	3 hr
Jun 10, 7:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Greene, Martin	17 min
Jun 10, 7:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene	27 min
Jun 10, 7:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	35 min
Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene	16 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.