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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 15, 2025Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2025, 3:01 AM EDT for Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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: Mar 15, 2025, 3:01 AM EDT (07:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 15, 3:19 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Farmersburg, IN	Large tree limb down over IN-246.

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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.

871 
WFUS53 KIND 150701
TORIND
INC153-167-150730-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0003.250315T0701Z-250315T0730Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Vigo County in west central Indiana...
  Northern Sullivan County in southwestern Indiana...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 301 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Hutsonville, or 9 miles north of Robinson, moving
  northeast at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
  West Terre Haute, Fairbanks, Prairieton, Pimento, Farmersburg,
  Prairie Creek, Indiana State University, Shelburn, and Terre Haute.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 2 and 8.
 
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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3915 8765 3922 8757 3924 8758 3925 8757
      3925 8760 3928 8761 3930 8760 3931 8762
      3934 8758 3934 8756 3935 8754 3935 8753
      3942 8753 3950 8743 3924 8725 3910 8765
      3911 8765 3912 8763 3913 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 235DEG 51KT 3915 8773 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

ME

1 follow-up statement

009 
WWUS53 KIND 150725
SVSIND

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

INC153-167-150735-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250315T0730Z/
Vigo IN-Sullivan IN-
325 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIGO AND NORTHERN SULLIVAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM EDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3915 8765 3922 8757 3924 8758 3925 8757
      3925 8760 3928 8761 3930 8760 3931 8762
      3934 8758 3934 8756 3935 8754 3935 8753
      3942 8753 3950 8743 3924 8725 3910 8765
      3911 8765 3912 8763 3913 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 270DEG 51KT 3933 8740 

$$

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, 2:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	20 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, 3:12 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.