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2013 [KIND] INDIANAPOLIS Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 31

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738 
WFUS53 KIND 172040
TORIND
INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0031.131117T2040Z-131117T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
340 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 335 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHOALS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  70 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
           BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES
           AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
           FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT
           TREES TO BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...INDIAN SPRINGS...HURON...OWENSBURG...WILLIAMS...
  SILVERVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...MITCHELL...AVOCA...OOLITIC...SPRING
  MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX STATE
  RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...
  MONROE RESERVOIR AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 246DEG 61KT 3879 8682

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KOCH
326 
WWUS53 KIND 172048
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
348 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-131117T2115Z/
MONROE IN-MARTIN IN-LAWRENCE IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-
348 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...LAWRENCE...MARTIN AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 346 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF SHOALS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...WILLIAMS...SILVERVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...MITCHELL...AVOCA...
OOLITIC...SPRING MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX
STATE RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...
MONROE RESERVOIR...CHARLES DEAM WILDERNESS AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 246DEG 61KT 3883 8669

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RYAN
653 
WWUS53 KIND 172055
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
355 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-131117T2115Z/
MONROE IN-MARTIN IN-LAWRENCE IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-
355 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...LAWRENCE...MARTIN AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 351 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...AVOCA...OOLITIC...SPRING MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...
HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX STATE RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...
BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...MONROE RESERVOIR...CHARLES DEAM
WILDERNESS AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 246DEG 61KT 3885 8655

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JAS
Permalink to 201311172040-KIND-WFUS53-TORIND
738 
WFUS53 KIND 172040
TORIND
INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0031.131117T2040Z-131117T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
340 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 335 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHOALS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  70 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
           BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES
           AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
           FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT
           TREES TO BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...INDIAN SPRINGS...HURON...OWENSBURG...WILLIAMS...
  SILVERVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...MITCHELL...AVOCA...OOLITIC...SPRING
  MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX STATE
  RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...
  MONROE RESERVOIR AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 246DEG 61KT 3879 8682

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KOCH
Permalink to 201311172048-KIND-WWUS53-SVSIND
326 
WWUS53 KIND 172048
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
348 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-131117T2115Z/
MONROE IN-MARTIN IN-LAWRENCE IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-
348 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...LAWRENCE...MARTIN AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 346 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF SHOALS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...WILLIAMS...SILVERVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...MITCHELL...AVOCA...
OOLITIC...SPRING MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX
STATE RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...
MONROE RESERVOIR...CHARLES DEAM WILDERNESS AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 246DEG 61KT 3883 8669

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RYAN
Permalink to 201311172055-KIND-WWUS53-SVSIND
653 
WWUS53 KIND 172055
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
355 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INC027-055-093-101-105-172115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-131117T2115Z/
MONROE IN-MARTIN IN-LAWRENCE IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-
355 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...LAWRENCE...MARTIN AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 351 PM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...AVOCA...OOLITIC...SPRING MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...
HARRODSBURG...FAIRFAX STATE RECREATION AREA...SMITHVILLE...
BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...MONROE RESERVOIR...CHARLES DEAM
WILDERNESS AND WOODVIEW HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 8680 3889 8697 3919 8639 3905 8637
      3905 8636 3870 8630 3868 8631 3868 8667
      3861 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 246DEG 61KT 3885 8655

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JAS

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