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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 11, 2020Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2020, 6:16 PM EDT for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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: Jul 11, 2020, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2020, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 11, 6:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Rosedale, IN	COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF PARKE COUNTY NEAR AND AROUND ROSEDALE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

874 
WFUS53 KIND 112216
TORIND
INC121-112245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.200711T2216Z-200711T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
616 PM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM EDT.
    
* At 615 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Clinton, or 17 miles north of Terre Haute, moving
  southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
  Rosedale around 630 PM EDT.
  Bridgeton around 635 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 3969 8738 3970 8739 3970 8738 3975 8738
      3978 8733 3968 8711 3961 8724 3961 8735
      3968 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 325DEG 27KT 3972 8734 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

CP

2 follow-up statements

413 
WWUS53 KIND 112228
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
628 PM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020

INC121-112245-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200711T2245Z/
Parke IN-
628 PM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY...
    
At 628 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles east of Clinton, or 13 miles northeast of Terre
Haute, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Parke County.

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 3969 8738 3970 8739 3970 8738 3975 8738
      3978 8733 3968 8711 3961 8724 3961 8735
      3968 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 325DEG 27KT 3964 8726 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

CP

071 
WWUS53 KIND 112241
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
641 PM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020

INC121-112251-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200711T2245Z/
Parke IN-
641 PM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3969 8738 3970 8739 3970 8738 3975 8738
      3978 8733 3968 8711 3961 8724 3961 8735
      3968 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 325DEG 27KT 3956 8719 

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	32 min
Jul 11, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	29 min
Jul 11, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	34 min
Jul 11, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	41 min
Jul 11, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Shelby	24 min
Jul 11, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	31 min
Jul 11, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam	27 min
Jul 11, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	32 min
Jul 11, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	34 min
Jul 11, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	36 min
Jul 11, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	35 min
Jul 11, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	26 min
Jul 11, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	24 min
Jul 11, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	35 min
Jul 11, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	38 min
Jul 11, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	33 min
Jul 11, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	24 min
Jul 11, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo	34 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.