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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2016Hendricks County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2016, 8:33 PM EDT for Hendricks County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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: May 1, 2016, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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
May 1, 8:38 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Greencastle, IN	BROKEN WINDOWS FROM HAIL.
May 1, 8:54 PM EDT	HAIL 2	2 S Coatesville, IN	ON IN 75

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 1, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

219 
WFUS53 KIND 020033
TORIND
INC063-109-133-020100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.160502T0033Z-160502T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
833 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
    
* AT 833 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENCASTLE...OR 30 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
  FILLMORE AROUND 840 PM EDT. 
  BELLE UNION AROUND 845 PM EDT. 
  COATESVILLE...AMO...STILESVILLE...LITTLE POINT AND EMINENCE AROUND 
  850 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 55.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 8693 3966 8694 3972 8655 3948 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 268DEG 32KT 3958 8684 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

NIELD

2 follow-up statements

399 
WWUS53 KIND 020040
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
840 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC063-109-133-020100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160502T0100Z/
PUTNAM IN-HENDRICKS IN-MORGAN IN-
840 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 840 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENCASTLE...OR 31 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
  BELLE UNION AROUND 845 PM EDT. 
  COATESVILLE...STILESVILLE...LITTLE POINT AND EMINENCE AROUND 855 PM 
  EDT. 
  AMO AROUND 900 PM EDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 55.
 
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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 8693 3966 8694 3972 8655 3948 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 264DEG 27KT 3959 8678 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

NIELD

879 
WWUS53 KIND 020053
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
853 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC109-133-020103-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160502T0100Z/
PUTNAM IN-MORGAN IN-
853 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PUTNAM AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3970 8669 3972 8655 3960 8655 3960 8662
      3961 8665 3962 8664 3963 8664 3963 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 256DEG 34KT 3964 8662 

$$

INC063-020100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160502T0100Z/
HENDRICKS IN-
853 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY...
    
AT 853 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...OR 27 MILES WEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3970 8669 3972 8655 3960 8655 3960 8662
      3961 8665 3962 8664 3963 8664 3963 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 256DEG 34KT 3964 8662 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam	42 min
May 1, 8:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	25 min
May 1, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	48 min
May 1, 8:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	44 min
May 1, 8:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	40 min
May 1, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	64 min
May 1, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Putnam	25 min
May 1, 9:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	46 min
May 1, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	48 min
May 1, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	50 min
May 1, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion, Shelby	42 min
May 1, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	46 min
May 1, 10:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	42 min
May 1, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	35 min
May 1, 10:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison	17 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.