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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2015, 11:16 PM EDT for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 7, 2015, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2015, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 3 S Dana, IN | PERSONAL WEATHER STATION RECORDED THE GUST |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 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
- 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.
915
WFUS53 KIND 080316
TORIND
INC121-165-080345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0007.150608T0316Z-150608T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1116 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1114 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHRISMAN...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 BE NEAR...
NEWPORT AROUND 1135 PM EDT.
ROCKVILLE AROUND 1145 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DANA...MONTEZUMA...
BLOOMINGDALE...TURKEY RUN STATE PARK AND MARSHALL.
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 3990 8753 3995 8709 3992 8709 3987 8709
3987 8707 3964 8702 3969 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 267DEG 36KT 3983 8765
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
291
WWUS53 KIND 080332
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1132 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
INC121-165-080345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150608T0345Z/
VERMILLION IN-PARKE IN-
1132 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARKE AND EAST CENTRAL
VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1130 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKVILLE AROUND 1140 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLOOMINGDALE...MARSHALL AND
JUDSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3990 8745 3995 8709 3992 8709 3981 8711
3968 8716 3976 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 273DEG 45KT 3980 8738
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMAThe 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, 11:11 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, 11:25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.