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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2015, 9:23 PM EDT for Tippecanoe County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 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
- Jul 13, 2015, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2015, 9:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.4 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
862
WFUS53 KIND 140123
TORIND
INC157-171-140200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0018.150714T0123Z-150714T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
923 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 1000 PM EDT
* AT 920 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTERBEIN...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
SHADELAND.
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 4034 8693 4027 8706 4029 8709 4036 8709
4036 8710 4034 8714 4033 8717 4032 8719
4035 8725 4047 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 300DEG 48KT 4039 8711
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
JK1 follow-up statement
174
WWUS53 KIND 140142
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
942 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015
INC157-171-140152-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150714T0200Z/
WARREN IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
942 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TIPPECANOE AND NORTHEASTERN
WARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT.
LAT...LON 4034 8693 4027 8706 4029 8709 4036 8709
4036 8710 4034 8714 4033 8717 4032 8719
4035 8725 4047 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 300DEG 48KT 4027 8684
$$
JKThe 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, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 36 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, 9:34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.