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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 21, 2022Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2022, 4:02 PM EDT for Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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: May 21, 2022, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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 21, 4:13 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Waldron, IN	NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN, SOME LARGE, ACROSS AREA.
May 21, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 65	2 N Saint Paul, IN	SPOTTER ESTIMATES 65 MPH WINDS.

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 21, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

662 
WFUS53 KIND 212002
TORIND
INC139-145-212030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.220521T2002Z-220521T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
402 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Shelby County in central Indiana...
  Southwestern Rush County in central Indiana...

* Until 430 PM EDT.
    
* At 402 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles southwest of Shelbyville, moving northeast at
  50 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...
  Shelbyville and Geneva around 410 PM EDT.
  St. Paul and Waldron around 415 PM EDT.
  Moscow and Manilla around 420 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Milroy.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 82 and 83.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 113 and 123.

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 3945 8547 3945 8563 3941 8563 3935 8588
      3935 8592 3941 8596 3948 8595 3966 8552
      3946 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 245DEG 44KT 3942 8586 

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

$$

Puma

1 follow-up statement

958 
WWUS53 KIND 212013
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
413 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

INC139-145-212030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-220521T2030Z/
Shelby IN-Rush IN-
413 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES...
    
At 412 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Shelbyville, moving northeast at 50 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...
  Moscow around 420 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Milroy.

This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 116 and 123.
 
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 3945 8547 3945 8563 3941 8563 3938 8578
      3943 8584 3948 8580 3966 8552 3946 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 246DEG 45KT 3946 8569 

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

$$

Puma

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 6:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tippecanoe	27 min
May 21, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan	35 min
May 21, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry, Randolph	31 min
May 21, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	32 min
May 21, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	27 min
May 21, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	26 min
May 21, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Shelby	23 min
May 21, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan	32 min
May 21, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	25 min
May 21, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	37 min
May 21, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby	32 min
May 21, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	28 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.