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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 7, 2024Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2024, 7:56 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2024, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2024, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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.

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 7, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

912 
WFUS53 KIND 072356
TORIND
INC139-080015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.240507T2356Z-240508T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
756 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Rush County in central Indiana...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 756 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located 7 miles southwest of
  Glenwood, or 14 miles southwest of Connersville, moving east at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

  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.

* Locations impacted include...
  New Salem.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3951 8539 3960 8539 3961 8530 3951 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 270DEG 25KT 3952 8536 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vigo	49 min
May 7, 4:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	44 min
May 7, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton	40 min
May 7, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Putnam	34 min
May 7, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	43 min
May 7, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam	38 min
May 7, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	28 min
May 7, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion	38 min
May 7, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Madison	44 min
May 7, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam	54 min
May 7, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Vigo	34 min
May 7, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan	33 min
May 7, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan, Putnam	48 min
May 7, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Shelby	24 min
May 7, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan	36 min
May 7, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	44 min
May 7, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	24 min
May 7, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	42 min
May 7, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.