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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
| 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, 3.7 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.
- 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.
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
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
719
WWUS53 KIND 080358
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1158 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
INC107-121-080408-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150608T0400Z/
PARKE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-
1158 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN PARKE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM.
LAT...LON 3995 8699 3987 8700 3987 8701 3975 8701
3977 8733 3988 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 267DEG 41KT 3983 8705
$$
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, 11:16 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, 11:52 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.