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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 14, 2019Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2019, 1:39 PM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2019, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 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
Mar 14, 2:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Brownstown, IN	RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 259 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

464 
WFUS53 KIND 141739
TORIND
INC071-093-141815-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0006.190314T1739Z-190314T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
139 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Lawrence County in south central Indiana...
  Western Jackson County in south central Indiana...

* Until 215 PM EDT.
    
* At 139 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles north of Paoli, or 12 miles south of Bedford,
  moving northeast at 70 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...
  Medora and Pleasant View around 155 PM EDT.
  Brownstown, Freetown and Vallonia around 200 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 3869 8658 3900 8612 3876 8594 3876 8596
      3875 8598 3877 8598 3876 8601 3877 8602
      3876 8603 3878 8609 3877 8610 3876 8614
      3878 8618 3878 8623 3877 8624 3876 8628
      3874 8629 3873 8631 3869 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 228DEG 60KT 3869 8646 

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

$$

CP

2 follow-up statements

304 
WWUS53 KIND 141749
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
149 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

INC071-093-141815-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-190314T1815Z/
Lawrence IN-Jackson IN-
149 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
    
At 149 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles southeast of Bedford, moving northeast at 65
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...
  Medora and Pleasant View around 155 PM EDT.
  Vallonia around 200 PM EDT.
  Brownstown and Freetown around 205 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 3869 8658 3900 8612 3876 8594 3876 8596
      3875 8598 3877 8598 3876 8601 3877 8602
      3876 8603 3878 8609 3877 8610 3876 8614
      3878 8618 3878 8623 3877 8624 3876 8628
      3874 8629 3873 8631 3869 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 228DEG 55KT 3878 8632 

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

$$

CP

562 
WWUS53 KIND 141758
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
158 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

INC071-093-141815-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-190314T1815Z/
Lawrence IN-Jackson IN-
158 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
    
At 157 PM EDT, a large and extremely dangerous tornado was located 8
miles west of Brownstown, or 16 miles east of Bedford, moving
northeast at 65 mph.

This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may 
         be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes 
         will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, 
         businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction 
         is possible.

The tornado will be near...
  Brownstown around 205 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is developing. To protect your life, 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 3869 8658 3900 8612 3876 8594 3876 8596
      3875 8598 3877 8598 3876 8601 3877 8602
      3876 8603 3878 8609 3877 8610 3876 8614
      3878 8618 3878 8623 3877 8624 3876 8628
      3874 8629 3873 8631 3869 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 232DEG 55KT 3884 8619 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CP

The 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, 1:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	30 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, 1:54 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.