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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 21, 2015Greene County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2015, 7:36 PM EDT for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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 21, 2015, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 7:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Freedom, IN	TREE LIMBS DOWNED ON A FEW COUNTY ROADS BETEEN FREEDOM AND SPENCER.

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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

482 
WFUS53 KIND 212336
TORIND
INC055-119-220000-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0014.150621T2336Z-150622T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
736 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 734 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST 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 NORTHEASTERN
  GREENE AND SOUTH CENTRAL OWEN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...FREEDOM AND SOLSBERRY.

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 3930 8684 3927 8668 3908 8669 3907 8679
      3917 8700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 309DEG 21KT 3922 8691

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TDUD

2 follow-up statements

620 
WWUS53 KIND 212345
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
745 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

INC055-119-220000-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150622T0000Z/
OWEN IN-GREENE IN-
745 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND
SOUTH CENTRAL OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 743 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOLSBERRY.

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 3914 8694 3926 8686 3923 8668 3908 8669
      3907 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 309DEG 22KT 3918 8685

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TDUD

443 
WWUS53 KIND 212359
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
759 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

INC055-119-220009-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150622T0000Z/
OWEN IN-GREENE IN-
759 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTH CENTRAL OWEN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3914 8694 3926 8686 3923 8668 3908 8669
      3907 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 309DEG 22KT 3913 8676

$$

TDUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 12:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	42 min
Jun 21, 1:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe	42 min
Jun 21, 1:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	48 min
Jun 21, 1:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	47 min
Jun 21, 1:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery	36 min
Jun 21, 1:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	27 min
Jun 21, 2:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush and 1 more	39 min
Jun 21, 1:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	7 days
Jun 21, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	30 min
Jun 21, 6:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	4 hr
Jun 21, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay	38 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Owen	36 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.