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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 2000Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2000, 7:30 PM EST for Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2000, 7:30 PM EST (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2000, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henry County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 210032
TORIND
INC065-135-210100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 728 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR BLOUNTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MUNCIE...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LOSANTVILLE AT 740 PM EST
  MODOC AT 745 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 A4006 8536 4000 8524 4003 8497 4015 8506
DT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	33 min
Jun 20, 10:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	49 min
Jun 20, 10:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion	37 min
Jun 21, 12:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.