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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 2015Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 11:30 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 553 S Dana, INPERSONAL 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.

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

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.

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

$$

PUMA
1 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

$$

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, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Montgomery25 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, 11:25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.