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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 26, 2016Greene County, Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 7:25 PM EDT for Greene County, Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 26, 2016, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Greene County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

345 
WFUS53 KIND 262325
TORIND
INC055-105-119-270000-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.160426T2325Z-160427T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
725 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 724 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BLOOMFIELD...OR 24 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH. AT 722 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 1
  MILE SOUTWEST OF WORTHINGTON.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FREEDOM AROUND 745 PM EDT. 
  SOLSBERRY AROUND 750 PM EDT. 
  MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 800 PM EDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3906 8699 3911 8703 3933 8671 3907 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 249DEG 20KT 3911 8698 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

LEE/JS

2 follow-up statements

404 
WWUS53 KIND 262343
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
743 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

INC055-105-119-270000-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/
GREENE IN-OWEN IN-MONROE IN-
743 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN OWEN AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE
COUNTIES...
    
AT 743 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 17 MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  SOLSBERRY AROUND 750 PM EDT. 
  SPENCER AND MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 800 PM EDT. 

# 

LAT...LON 3907 8684 3918 8692 3933 8671 3907 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 249DEG 20KT 3915 8685 

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

$$

LEE/JS

178 
WWUS53 KIND 262354
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
754 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

INC055-105-119-270004-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/
GREENE IN-OWEN IN-MONROE IN-
754 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN OWEN
AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3907 8684 3918 8692 3933 8671 3907 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 249DEG 20KT 3915 8685 

$$

LEE/JS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Montgomery	46 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	45 min
Apr 26, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	43 min
Apr 26, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Madison	40 min
Apr 26, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	34 min
Apr 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	25 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison	37 min
Apr 26, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan	33 min
Apr 26, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush	41 min
Apr 26, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan, Putnam	36 min
Apr 26, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	29 min
Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Shelby	24 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	47 min
Apr 26, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush	26 min
Apr 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	45 min
Apr 26, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Shelby	2 hr
Apr 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Vermillion	3 hr
Apr 26, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Rush, Shelby	24 min
Apr 26, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	32 min
Apr 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Morgan, Owen, Putnam, Vigo	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan	32 min
Apr 26, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen	3 hr

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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.