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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2015, 5:04 PM EDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 19, 2015, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
919
WFUS53 KIND 192104
TORIND
INC027-083-192130-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0011.150619T2104Z-150619T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
504 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 458 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 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
KNOX AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...PLAINVILLE...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 8720 3879 8730 3891 8721 3891 8713
3881 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 214DEG 14KT 3879 8722
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TDUD2 follow-up statements
937
WWUS53 KIND 192117
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
517 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
INC027-083-192130-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150619T2130Z/
KNOX IN-DAVIESS IN-
517 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND
NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 514 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLAINVILLE AND SANDBORN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3879 8730 3891 8721 3891 8713 3882 8704
3872 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 214DEG 14KT 3880 8722
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TDUD146
WWUS53 KIND 192130
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
530 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
INC027-083-192140-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150619T2130Z/
KNOX IN-DAVIESS IN-
530 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND NORTHEASTERN KNOX
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3879 8730 3891 8721 3891 8713 3882 8704
3872 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 214DEG 14KT 3884 8719
$$
TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 4 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 22 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Marion | 11 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 46 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 62 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 72 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 14 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 15 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 16 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 47 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 6:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 6 hr |
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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.