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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2000, 11:34 AM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2000, 11:34 AM EST (16:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2000, 12:15 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Carroll County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 11:42 AM EST | Hail 1 | Delphi, IN | |
| Apr 20, 12:14 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Mexico, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 201635 TORIND INC015-201715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1134 AM EST THU APR 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1215 PM EST * AT 1116 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF DELPHI...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YmOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4068 8678 4052 8666 4076 8605 4095 8619
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 6:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 10:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 11:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 25 min |
| Apr 20, 1:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 1:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 37 min |
| Apr 20, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 14 min |
| Apr 20, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 1:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 2:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 42 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.