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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 2015Fountain County, Montgomery County, Indiana

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2015-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2015-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

PUMA
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward21 min
Jun 7, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Montgomery and 2 more50 min
Jun 7, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren49 min
Jun 7, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery31 min
Jun 7, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Montgomery50 min
Jun 7, 10:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDCarroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren5 hr
Jun 7, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren25 min
Jun 7, 11:11 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Warren34 min
Jun 7, 11:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren13 hr
Jun 7, 11:16 PM EDTTornado WarningINDParke, Vermillion29 min
Jun 7, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more50 min
Jun 7, 11:44 PM EDTTornado WarningINDMontgomery, Parke16 min
Jun 7, 11:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Putnam, Vigo23 min
Jun 8, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan and 1 more36 min
Jun 8, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen24 min
Jun 8, 12:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen36 min
Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White25 hr
Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White48 hr
Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren4 days
Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren57 days
Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo58 days
Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo56 days
Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan59 days
Jun 8, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan61 days
Jun 8, 9:37 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White36 hr
Jun 8, 11:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo52 days
Jun 8, 11:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox52 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.