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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2018Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 4:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Cecil Harden Lake, ININ 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 EDTTSTM WND DMG6 Sse Russellville, INABOUT 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2018-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 585 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2018-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 362 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
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

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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

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 5:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Warren38 min
Jun 10, 6:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe42 min
Jun 10, 6:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion40 min
Jun 10, 6:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe45 min
Jun 10, 7:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Sullivan52 min
Jun 10, 8:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess32 min
Jun 10, 8:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Warren51 min
Jun 10, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDKnox38 min
Jun 10, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery, Parke, Vermillion44 min
Jun 10, 9:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton, Tippecanoe42 min
Jun 10, 9:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDKnox46 min
Jun 10, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings45 min
Jun 10, 2:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren6 hr
Jun 10, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery45 min
Jun 10, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam48 min
Jun 10, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Vermillion52 min
Jun 10, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion, Warren34 min
Jun 10, 4:08 PM EDTTornado WarningINDParke, Vermillion22 min
Jun 10, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDMontgomery3 hr
Jun 10, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo36 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo31 min
Jun 10, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WarningINDPutnam37 min
Jun 10, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen and 2 more44 min
Jun 10, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDParke3 hr
Jun 10, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Putnam19 min
Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox46 min
Jun 10, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more37 min
Jun 10, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess30 min
Jun 10, 6:24 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDKnox3 hr
Jun 10, 7:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDKnox6 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.