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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2019, 1:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 14, 2019, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | Heltonville, IN | POSSIBLE TORNADO BASED ON PICTURES NEAR HELTONVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 10:47 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
639
WFUS53 KIND 141715
TORIND
INC013-071-093-105-141745-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.190314T1715Z-190314T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
115 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Monroe County in south central Indiana...
Southwestern Brown County in south central Indiana...
Northeastern Lawrence County in south central Indiana...
Northwestern Jackson County in south central Indiana...
* Until 145 PM EDT.
* At 115 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Bedford, moving northeast at 60 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...
Heltonville and Bartlettsville around 125 PM EDT.
Norman, Kurtz and Charles Deam Wilderness around 130 PM EDT.
Elkinsville and Freetown around 135 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 3886 8658 3915 8628 3897 8607 3877 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 227DEG 53KT 3884 8647
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
357
WWUS53 KIND 141726
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
126 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019
INC013-071-093-105-141745-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190314T1745Z/
Monroe IN-Brown IN-Lawrence IN-Jackson IN-
126 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHWESTERN BROWN...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
At 126 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northeast of Bedford, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Norman around 130 PM EDT.
Elkinsville, Kurtz and Freetown around 135 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3886 8658 3915 8628 3897 8607 3877 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 226DEG 51KT 3894 8634
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 9:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 11:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 47 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 21 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 9 days |
| Mar 14, 11:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 1:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 20 min |
| Mar 14, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 20 min |
| Mar 14, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 19 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.