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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 15, 2025Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2025, 2:13 AM EDT for Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 min. 3 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: Mar 15, 2025, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 2:33 AM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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
Mar 15, 2:14 AM EDT	TORNADO	Mecca, IN	EF-1 tornado with peak wind of 110 MPH, path length of 2.66 miles, and a max width of 75 yards. Destroyed a small garage. Severely damaged a 150 year old barn.
Mar 15, 2:16 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Mecca, IN	Extensive tree damage, barn damage, road shutdown from being impassable.
Mar 15, 2:17 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Rockville, IN	reports of tree damage.

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
Mar 14, 9:02 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

695 
WFUS53 KIND 150613
TORIND
INC045-121-165-150645-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0002.250315T0613Z-250315T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
213 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Fountain County in west central Indiana...
  Central Parke County in west central Indiana...
  Southeastern Vermillion County in west central Indiana...

* Until 245 AM EDT.

* At 213 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Clinton, or 16 miles north of Terre Haute, moving
  northeast at 65 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rockville, Montezuma, Mecca, Turkey Run State Park, Marshall,
  Judson, Bloomingdale, Fairview Park, and Clinton.

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 4000 8717 3990 8709 3987 8709 3987 8706
      3981 8701 3964 8736 3972 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 226DEG 57KT 3971 8736 

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

$$

ME

1 follow-up statement

245 
WWUS53 KIND 150633
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
233 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025

INC045-121-165-150643-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250315T0645Z/
Fountain IN-Parke IN-Vermillion IN-
233 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN...CENTRAL PARKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN VERMILLION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for west central
Indiana.

LAT...LON 4000 8717 3990 8709 3987 8709 3987 8706
      3981 8701 3964 8736 3972 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 226DEG 57KT 3994 8706 

$$

ME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 1:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	43 min
Mar 15, 2:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	41 min
Mar 15, 2:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe	42 min
Mar 15, 2:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery and 2 more	48 min
Mar 15, 3:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	29 min
Mar 15, 3:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Knox, Sullivan	48 min
Mar 15, 3:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Sullivan	52 min
Mar 15, 3:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Madison, Tipton	49 min
Mar 15, 4:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	40 min
Mar 15, 4:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	37 min
Mar 15, 4:09 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Daviess, Martin	36 min
Mar 15, 4:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	23 min
Mar 15, 4:30 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	30 min
Mar 15, 4:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby	28 min
Mar 15, 4:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	43 min
Mar 15, 4:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	24 min
Mar 15, 5:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Monroe	51 min
Mar 15, 5:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	32 min
Mar 15, 5:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby	42 min
Mar 15, 5:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush, Shelby	25 min
Mar 15, 6:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	22 min
Mar 15, 7:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence, Martin	25 min
Mar 15, 10:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Martin	31 min
Mar 15, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene	37 min
Mar 15, 2:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Brown, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Lawrence and 5 more	3 hr

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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.