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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 8, 2015Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2015, 4:51 PM EDT for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports 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: Apr 8, 2015, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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
Apr 8, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Loogootee, IN	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN...EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 2 INCHES AROUND. SEVERAL TREES FELL ACROSS US HIGHWAY 231 BEGINNING 6 SOUTH OF LOOGOOTEE AND EXTENDING TO 11 SOUTH.
Apr 8, 5:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	6 S Loogootee, IN

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
Apr 8, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

711 
WFUS53 KIND 082051
TORIND
INC027-101-082115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0004.150408T2051Z-150408T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
451 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 449 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
  DAVIESS AND SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...ALFORDSVILLE.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 8694 3851 8699 3850 8706 3853 8710
      3851 8715 3853 8718 3863 8717 3864 8668
      3854 8667 3852 8669 3852 8683 3849 8688
      3850 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 271DEG 28KT 3854 8705

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
DRT

1 follow-up statement

471 
WWUS53 KIND 082059
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
459 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

INC027-101-082115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150408T2115Z/
MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
459 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DAVIESS AND
SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 457 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
ALFORDSVILLE...LACY AND ROLAND.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 8694 3851 8699 3850 8706 3853 8710
      3851 8715 3853 8718 3863 8717 3864 8668
      3854 8667 3852 8669 3852 8683 3849 8688
      3850 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 271DEG 28KT 3854 8698

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 7:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	51 min
Apr 8, 7:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	48 min
Apr 8, 8:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Hancock and 8 more	6 hr
Apr 8, 8:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion and 2 more	39 min
Apr 8, 8:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Parke, Putnam	30 min
Apr 8, 8:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	27 min
Apr 8, 8:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	4 hr
Apr 8, 8:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	3 hr
Apr 8, 8:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion and 4 more	36 min
Apr 8, 8:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Decatur, Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 8, 9:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Putnam	6 hr
Apr 8, 9:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 4 more	49 min
Apr 8, 9:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	49 min
Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	4 days
Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	8 days
Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	9 days
Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	9 days
Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox	8 days
Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	10 days
Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	3 days
Apr 8, 2:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	37 hr
Apr 8, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	40 min
Apr 8, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	42 min
Apr 8, 4:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	35 min
Apr 8, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	44 min
Apr 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	6 hr
Apr 8, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	33 min
Apr 8, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery	32 min
Apr 8, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson	28 min
Apr 8, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Shelby	32 min
Apr 8, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	22 min
Apr 8, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton	35 min
Apr 8, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	31 min
Apr 8, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion, Shelby	36 min
Apr 8, 5:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	6 hr
Apr 8, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	3 hr
Apr 8, 6:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Randolph	3 hr
Apr 8, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Henry, Rush	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.