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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 19, 20154 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2015, 3:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 23 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 19, 2015, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

389 
WFUS53 KIND 191952
TORIND
INC027-055-083-153-192015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0009.150619T1952Z-150619T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
352 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 350 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELLVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  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 NORTHEASTERN
  KNOX...NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS...SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN AND
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  BRUCEVILLE...OAKTOWN...BICKNELL AND FREELANDVILLE.

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 3888 8755 3905 8723 3881 8703 3868 8751
      3870 8753 3874 8751 3876 8751 3877 8752
      3878 8750 3881 8753 3885 8753 3886 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 238DEG 15KT 3877 8748

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

$$

TDUD
1 follow-up statement
629 
WWUS53 KIND 192001
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
401 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

INC027-055-083-153-192015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150619T2015Z/
SULLIVAN IN-KNOX IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-
401 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 359 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELLVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAKTOWN...BICKNELL...FREELANDVILLE...EDWARDSPORT...SANDBORN...
PLAINVILLE...PLEASANTVILLE AND ELNORA.

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 3888 8755 3905 8723 3881 8703 3868 8751
      3870 8753 3874 8751 3876 8751 3877 8752
      3878 8750 3881 8753 3885 8753 3886 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 238DEG 15KT 3879 8742

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

$$

TDUD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more31 hr
Jun 19, 8:17 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBrown, Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen6 hr
Jun 19, 8:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam3 hr
Jun 19, 11:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam6 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington4 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDPutnam22 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBoone, Marion11 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion46 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan62 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan72 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen3 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen3 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen14 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox15 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox16 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene47 hr
Jun 19, 4:14 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan46 min
Jun 19, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox26 min
Jun 19, 5:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDKnox6 hr
Jun 19, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningINDLawrence, Martin37 min
Jun 19, 6:31 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Martin6 hr

Nearby

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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.