Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 6:54 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2005, 6:54 PM EST (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 7:18 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ripley County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KILN 122354 TORILN INC137-130045- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.050612T2354Z-050613T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 654 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 745 PM EST * AT 651 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VERSAILLES... OSGOOD... BATESVILLE... IN ADDITION...VERSAILLES LAKE...OTTER VILLAGE AND NAPOLEON ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3897 8555 3895 8527 3932 8519 3920 8544 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KILN 130003 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 803 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005 INC137-130045- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050613T0045Z/ RIPLEY IN- 703 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN RIPLEY COUNTY... AT 656 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NAPOLEON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BATESVILLE. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3904 8552 3901 8535 3930 8521 3920 8544 $$
000 WWUS51 KILN 130018 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 819 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005 INC137-130029- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050613T0045Z/ RIPLEY IN- 719 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RIPLEY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3904 8552 3901 8535 3930 8521 3920 8544 $$
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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.