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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 2015Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2015, 11:44 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 16 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, 11:44 PM EDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 286 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.

275 
WFUS53 KIND 080344
TORIND
INC107-121-080400-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.150608T0344Z-150608T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1144 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1141 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKVILLE...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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
  PARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...MARSHALL...JUDSON AND
  WAVELAND.

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 3995 8699 3987 8700 3987 8701 3975 8701
      3977 8733 3988 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 260DEG 27KT 3982 8726

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
719 
WWUS53 KIND 080358
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1158 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015

INC107-121-080408-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150608T0400Z/
PARKE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-
1158 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN PARKE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 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 3995 8699 3987 8700 3987 8701 3975 8701
      3977 8733 3988 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 267DEG 41KT 3983 8705

$$

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, 11:16 PM EDTTornado WarningINDParke, Vermillion29 min
Jun 7, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more50 min
Jun 7, 11:52 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.