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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 27, 2023Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2023, 1:24 PM EST for Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 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: Feb 27, 2023, 1:24 PM EST (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Feb 27, 2023, 1:43 PM EST
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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
Feb 27, 1:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nnw Nebraska, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY COUNTY EMA. TIME ESTIMATED VIA 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
Feb 27, 11:06 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 367 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

410 
WFUS53 KIND 271824
TORIND
INC031-079-271900-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.230227T1824Z-230227T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
124 PM EST Mon Feb 27 2023

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Decatur County in central Indiana...
  Northern Jennings County in southeastern Indiana...

* Until 200 PM EST.
    
* At 123 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near North Vernon, or 14 miles northeast of Seymour,
  moving northeast at 55 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...
  Westport around 130 PM EST.
  Millhousen around 140 PM EST.

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

This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 139 and 144.
 
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 3920 8544 3909 8544 3900 8569 3907 8574
      3941 8530 3927 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 237DEG 48KT 3907 8566 

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

$$

Nield

1 follow-up statement

378 
WWUS53 KIND 271843 RRA
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
143 PM EST Mon Feb 27 2023

INC031-079-271852-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-230227T1900Z/
Decatur IN-Jennings IN-
143 PM EST Mon Feb 27 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR AND NORTHERN JENNINGS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EST for central
Indiana.

LAT...LON 3920 8544 3909 8544 3900 8569 3907 8574
      3941 8530 3927 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 237DEG 48KT 3921 8537 

$$

Nield

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 26, 8:50 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	13 days
Feb 27, 11:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	24 min
Feb 27, 11:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	28 min
Feb 27, 12:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Putnam	22 min
Feb 27, 12:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Monroe	29 min
Feb 27, 12:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe	26 min
Feb 27, 12:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown	29 min
Feb 27, 12:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	36 min
Feb 27, 1:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Marion	29 min
Feb 27, 1:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Shelby	36 min
Feb 27, 1:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	33 min
Feb 27, 1:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	22 min
Feb 27, 1:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison	28 min
Feb 27, 1:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	29 min
Feb 27, 1:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock	25 min
Feb 27, 1:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison	22 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.