Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2015, 9:20 PM EDT for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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 7, 2015, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2015, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780
WFUS53 KIND 080120
TORIND
INC045-107-080145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0005.150608T0120Z-150608T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
920 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 918 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VEEDERSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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 SOUTHERN
FOUNTAIN AND WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WAYNETOWN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 29.
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 4011 8697 4000 8700 4001 8726 4013 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 276DEG 34KT 4007 8716
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
769 WWUS53 KIND 080140 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 940 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 INC045-107-080150- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150608T0145Z/ MONTGOMERY IN-FOUNTAIN IN- 940 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN AND WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT/845 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM. LAT...LON 4011 8697 4000 8700 4001 8726 4013 8718 TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 276DEG 34KT 4005 8691 $$ PUMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 21 min |
| Jun 7, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Montgomery and 2 more | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 10:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 11:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 11:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 13 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 11:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 16 min |
| Jun 7, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam, Vigo | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan and 1 more | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 12:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 25 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 48 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 4 days |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 57 days |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 58 days |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 56 days |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 59 days |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 61 days |
| Jun 8, 9:37 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 36 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 52 days |
| Jun 8, 11:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 52 days |
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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.