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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2019, 2:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 14, 2019, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2019, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Brownstown, IN | POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. DEBRIS ACROSS PROPERTY. |
| 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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.
132
WFUS53 KIND 141806
TORIND
INC005-031-071-079-141830-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.190314T1806Z-190314T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
206 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Decatur County in central Indiana...
Southern Bartholomew County in central Indiana...
Central Jackson County in south central Indiana...
Central Jennings County in southeastern Indiana...
* Until 230 PM EDT.
* At 206 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Brownstown, or 9 miles west of Seymour, 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...
Cortland around 210 PM EDT.
Seymour and Waymansville around 215 PM EDT.
Jonesville, Azalia and Hayden around 220 PM EDT.
Elizabethtown and Country Squire Lakes around 225 PM EDT.
Columbus, Westport, Grammer and Newbern around 230 PM EDT.
This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 45 and 62.
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 3894 8624 3933 8564 3902 8545 3878 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 232DEG 54KT 3892 8606
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CPThe 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, 1:39 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, 2:09 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.