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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2024, 8:29 PM EDT for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 14, 2024, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Henry County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
248
WFUS53 KIND 150029
TORIND
INC065-150100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0005.240315T0029Z-240315T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
829 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Henry County in east central Indiana...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 829 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near New Castle, or 15 miles southeast of Anderson,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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.
* Locations impacted include...
New Castle, Mooreland, and Mount Summit.
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 3993 8547 3999 8548 4004 8521 4000 8521
3991 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 271DEG 35KT 3996 8545
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
$$
Funk1 follow-up statement
241
WWUS53 KIND 150056
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
856 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
INC065-150105-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-240315T0100Z/
Henry IN-
856 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning is moving out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for east central
Indiana.
LAT...LON 3993 8547 3999 8548 4004 8521 4000 8521
3991 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 271DEG 35KT 3996 8515
$$
FunkThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 22 min |
| Mar 14, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 8:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Marion | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 8:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Owen | 44 min |
| Mar 14, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe, Owen | 19 min |
| Mar 14, 9:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Henry, Madison, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Sullivan | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 12 min |
| Mar 14, 10:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 10:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 51 min |
| Mar 14, 11:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 16 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 5 days |
| Mar 15, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 5 days |
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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.