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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 2015Tippecanoe County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2015, 8:54 PM EDT for Tippecanoe County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 13, 2015, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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
Jul 13, 9:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ese Pine Village, IN	EF0 BASED ON TRAINED SPOTTER SITING IN CORNFIELDS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 13, 8:22 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 1504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 14.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

466 
WFUS53 KIND 140054
TORIND
INC157-171-140130-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0017.150714T0054Z-150714T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
854 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 853 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OXFORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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 WESTERN TIPPECANOE AND NORTHEASTERN
  WARREN COUNTIES.

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 4046 8691 4033 8723 4044 8739 4048 8736
      4048 8710 4052 8710 4053 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 300DEG 48KT 4047 8722

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$
JK

2 follow-up statements

561 
WWUS53 KIND 140105
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
905 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

INC157-171-140130-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150714T0130Z/
WARREN IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
905 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL TIPPECANOE
AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 901 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR 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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN TIPPECANOE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4046 8691 4033 8723 4044 8739 4048 8736
      4048 8710 4052 8710 4053 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 300DEG 48KT 4040 8707

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$
JK

305 
WWUS53 KIND 140116
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
916 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

INC157-171-140130-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150714T0130Z/
WARREN IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
916 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL TIPPECANOE
AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 915 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...

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 4046 8691 4037 8715 4048 8710 4052 8710
      4053 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 300DEG 48KT 4032 8689

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$
JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	46 min
Jul 13, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	3 hr
Jul 13, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	46 min
Jul 13, 8:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	24 min
Jul 13, 9:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	3 hr
Jul 13, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	50 min
Jul 13, 9:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	19 min
Jul 13, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan, Owen	41 min
Jul 13, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Shelby	37 min
Jul 13, 9:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	4 hr
Jul 13, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	15 min
Jul 13, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan, Owen	33 min
Jul 13, 10:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton	4 hr
Jul 13, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson	44 min
Jul 13, 10:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton	4 hr
Jul 13, 10:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan	5 hr
Jul 13, 10:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	5 hr
Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Owen	56 hr
Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	23 hr
Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	7 days
Jul 13, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown	23 min
Jul 13, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	19 min
Jul 13, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown	19 min
Jul 13, 11:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	4 hr
Jul 14, 12:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Randolph	6 hr
Jul 14, 1:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	7 days
Jul 14, 1:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Marion	18 hr
Jul 14, 2:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	23 min
Jul 14, 2:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Montgomery	13 hr
Jul 14, 4:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	4 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	16 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	60 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	21 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings, Washington	19 hr
Jul 14, 5:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Shelby	4 hr
Jul 14, 5:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	23 min
Jul 14, 7:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	24 hr
Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	53 hr
Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike	10 days
Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	33 hr
Jul 14, 1:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Putnam	26 hr
Jul 14, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Scott	19 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.