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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 2019Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2019, 5:44 PM EDT for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 7 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 16, 2019, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2019, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 16, 5:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 N Fairview Park, IN	APPROXIMATE LOCATION.
May 16, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Clinton, IN	REPORT OF POWER LINE DOWN ON ROAD.
May 16, 6:00 PM EDT	HAIL 2.5	2 W Clinton, IN	APPROXIMATE LOCATION DESCRIBED AS WEST OF CLINTON. APPROXIMATE TIME.
May 16, 6:01 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Clinton, IN
May 16, 6:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.7	Rosedale, IN	HALF INCH HAIL.
May 16, 6:11 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ne Blanford, IN	THIN FUNNEL 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CURRENT LOCATION.
May 16, 6:13 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Rosedale, IN

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 16, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

862 
WFUS53 KIND 162144
TORIND
INC121-165-162215-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0017.190516T2144Z-190516T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
544 PM EDT Thu May 16 2019

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Parke County in west central Indiana...
  Southern Vermillion County in west central Indiana...

* Until 615 PM EDT.
    
* At 544 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles northwest of Clinton, or 14 miles northeast of
  Paris, moving southeast at 20 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...
  Montezuma around 550 PM EDT.
  Blanford around 555 PM EDT.
  Clinton, Fairview Park and Mecca around 600 PM EDT.
  Universal around 605 PM EDT.
  Rosedale around 615 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 3981 8753 3986 8745 3964 8715 3961 8729
      3961 8745 3967 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 322DEG 18KT 3975 8748 

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

$$

AW/50

2 follow-up statements

796 
WWUS53 KIND 162147
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
547 PM EDT Thu May 16 2019

INC121-165-162215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-190516T2215Z/
Parke IN-Vermillion IN-
547 PM EDT Thu May 16 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES...
    
At 547 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Clinton, or 14 miles northeast of Paris, moving 
southeast at 20 mph.  There have been multiple reports of a rotating 
wall cloud south of Dana with this storm.

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch 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...
  Montezuma around 550 PM EDT.
  Blanford around 555 PM EDT.
  Clinton and Fairview Park around 600 PM EDT.
  Universal and Mecca around 605 PM EDT.
  Rosedale around 615 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 3981 8753 3986 8745 3964 8715 3961 8729
      3961 8745 3967 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 322DEG 18KT 3974 8747 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

AW/50

300 
WWUS53 KIND 162157
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
557 PM EDT Thu May 16 2019

INC121-165-162215-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-190516T2215Z/
Parke IN-Vermillion IN-
557 PM EDT Thu May 16 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES...
    
At 557 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Clinton, or 15 miles east of Paris, moving 
southeast at 20 mph. This storm has a history of producing tennis 
ball sized hail and several wall clouds.

HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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...
  Universal around 605 PM EDT.
  Rosedale around 615 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 3972 8752 3975 8741 3962 8723 3961 8729
      3961 8744 3962 8747 3967 8753 3970 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 322DEG 18KT 3970 8743 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

AW/50

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 2:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	45 hr
May 16, 2:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	72 hr
May 16, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warren	48 min
May 16, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren	42 min
May 16, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery	48 min
May 16, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone	46 min
May 16, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock, Marion	44 min
May 16, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	39 min
May 16, 5:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Tippecanoe	3 hr
May 16, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Marion	30 min
May 16, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby	45 min
May 16, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Vermillion	3 hr
May 16, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	36 min
May 16, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby	34 min
May 16, 6:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	39 min
May 16, 6:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Parke	3 hr
May 16, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby	37 min
May 16, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	31 min
May 16, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	31 min
May 16, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	50 min
May 16, 7:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	115 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.