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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2018, 4:26 PM EDT for Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 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
- Jun 10, 2018, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Cecil Harden Lake, IN | IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTY ROAD 880 WEST AND COUNTY ROAD 750 NORTH SCATTERED TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN AND A COUPLE TREES SNAPPED ABOUT HALFWAY THEIR TRUNKS. IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA OTHER TREES AND TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO CORN CROPS. TIME ESTIMATE |
| Jun 10, 4:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sse Russellville, IN | ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF MORTON, A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN FACING SOUTH, AND CORN WAS BLOWN DOWN FACING EAST ABOUT ONE TENTH OF A MILE AWAY FROM THE TREE, SUGGESTING WEAK CONVERGENCE OF THE WIND. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR IMAGERY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
397
WFUS53 KIND 102026
TORIND
INC121-133-102045-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0007.180610T2026Z-180610T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2018
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Parke County in west central Indiana...
Northwestern Putnam County in west central Indiana...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 426 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Rockville, or 19 miles southwest
of Crawfordsville, moving east at 55 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...
Russellville and Cecil Harden Lake around 435 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 8717 3989 8709 3987 8709 3986 8686
3969 8699 3980 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 288DEG 47KT 3982 8712
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 6:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 6:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Greene, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Sullivan | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 8:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 8:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Warren | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Knox | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Knox | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 22 min |
| Jun 10, 4:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Parke | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 19 min |
| Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 6:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.