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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 2000Montgomery County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2000, 4:18 PM EST for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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: Jun 20, 2000, 4:18 PM EST (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2000, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Montgomery County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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
Jun 20, 4:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Crawfordsville, 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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.

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: 135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

931 
WFUS53 KIND 202120
TORIND
INC107-202145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
418 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 416 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LINDEN AT 430 PM EST
  DARLINGTON AT 435 PM EST

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 YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4006 8703 3993 8686 4003 8669 4023 8691
DRT/SC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 4:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	23 min
Jun 20, 5:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	26 min
Jun 20, 5:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	27 min
Jun 20, 5:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	28 min
Jun 20, 6:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Madison	34 min
Jun 20, 6:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan	20 min
Jun 20, 6:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	28 min
Jun 20, 6:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry	31 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.