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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 19, 2005Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 3:47 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
May 19, 2005, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2005, 4:15 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 192047
TORIND
INC005-031-192115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0011.050519T2047Z-050519T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
347 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
  SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 346 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  TAYLORSVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLIFFORD AROUND 355 PM EST
  HOPE AROUND 400 PM EST
  HARTSVILLE AROUND 405 PM EST
  WESTPORT AROUND 410 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3933 8610 3913 8609 3913 8558 3927 8531
      3935 8531

$$
DRT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 192057
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
356 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

INC005-031-192115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050519T2115Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-
356 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR BARTHOLOMEW AND
DECATUR COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO...LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 
40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOPE AROUND 405 PM EST
  HARTSVILLE AROUND 410 PM EST
  WESTPORT AROUND 415 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3933 8610 3913 8609 3913 8558 3927 8531
      3935 8531

$$
DRT
000 
WWUS53 KIND 192114
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
413 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

INC005-031-192123-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050519T2115Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-
413 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARTHOLOMEW AND DECATUR COUNTIES EXPIRES
AT 415 PM EST...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 500 PM EST...BUT THE WARNED 
STORM NO LONGER APPEARS TO HAVE A TORNADO THREAT.  

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3933 8610 3913 8609 3913 8558 3927 8531
      3935 8531

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam44 min
May 19, 1:57 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan, Putnam48 min
May 19, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin31 min
May 19, 2:31 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan44 min
May 19, 3:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Morgan35 min
May 19, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown24 min
May 19, 3:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMorgan2 hr
May 19, 3:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen29 min
May 19, 4:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown113 min
May 19, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe36 min
May 19, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings35 min
May 19, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox46 min
May 19, 4:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings23 min
May 19, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe35 min
May 19, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe30 min
May 19, 4:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMonroe2 hr
May 19, 5:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence27 min
May 19, 5:04 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew116 min
May 19, 5:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGreene114 min
May 19, 5:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson37 min
May 19, 5:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings62 min
May 19, 6:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren46 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.