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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 28, 2016Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2016, 3:44 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 5 reports 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: Apr 28, 2016, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Rushville, IN
Apr 28, 3:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Rushville, IN
Apr 28, 3:52 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Rushville, IN
Apr 28, 4:02 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 E Rushville, IN	REPORTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 600E AND ORANGE PIKE ROAD
Apr 28, 4:02 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 E Rushville, IN	REPORTED NEAR CR 600E AND ORANGE PIKE ROAD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

117 
WFUS53 KIND 281944
TORIND
INC139-282015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0005.160428T1944Z-160428T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
344 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
    
* AT 343 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER RUSHVILLE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF CONNERSVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  GLENWOOD AND GLENWOOD AROUND 405 PM EDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3957 8548 3961 8550 3966 8530 3956 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 258DEG 23KT 3960 8545 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MRD/JP

2 follow-up statements

682 
WWUS53 KIND 281955
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
355 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

INC139-282015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160428T2015Z/
RUSH IN-
355 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY...
    
AT 354 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENWOOD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONNERSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  GLENWOOD AND GLENWOOD AROUND 400 PM EDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3957 8540 3961 8540 3963 8530 3956 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 270DEG 22KT 3958 8536 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MRD/JP

183 
WWUS53 KIND 282008
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
408 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

INC139-282018-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160428T2015Z/
RUSH IN-
408 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3957 8540 3961 8540 3963 8530 3956 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 258DEG 23KT 3958 8536 

$$

MRD/JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 3:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	40 min
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	62 hr
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	5 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	9 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	3 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	7 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	9 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	9 days
Apr 28, 3:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Hamilton	19 min
Apr 28, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	36 min
Apr 28, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	39 min

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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.