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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2000, 4:42 PM EST for Brown County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2000, 4:42 PM EST (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2000, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 24, 5:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Nashville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 242144 TORIND INC013-105-242215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 442 PM EST SAT JUN 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON * UNTIL 515 PM EST * AT 441 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BLOOMINGTON AT 450 PM EST NASHVILLE AT 515 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 3d912 8672 3896 8661 3915 8609 3935 8622 ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 29 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.