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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2015, 11:11 PM EDT for Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 11:11 PM EDT (03:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2015, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Fountain County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 298 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
- 1647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
634
WFUS53 KIND 080311
TORIND
INC045-171-080345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0006.150608T0311Z-150608T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1111 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1109 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
35 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 BE NEAR...
WILLIAMSPORT AROUND 1135 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEST LEBANON.
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 4033 8753 4040 8727 4019 8724 4018 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 255DEG 29KT 4024 8756
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
930
WWUS53 KIND 080331
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1131 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
INC045-171-080345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150608T0345Z/
WARREN IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
1131 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1130 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF COVINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WILLIAMSPORT AROUND 1140 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4027 8746 4034 8727 4019 8724 4019 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 252DEG 26KT 4023 8739
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMA412 WWUS53 KIND 080341 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1141 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 INC045-171-080352- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150608T0345Z/ WARREN IN-FOUNTAIN IN- 1141 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM EDT/1045 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM. LAT...LON 4027 8746 4034 8727 4019 8724 4019 8748 TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 252DEG 26KT 4025 8729 $$ 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, 9:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery | 25 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, 11:13 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.