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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 22, 2005Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2005, 7:15 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 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 22, 2005, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2005, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 415 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 230014
TORIND
INC139-230030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0012.050523T0015Z-050523T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EST SUN MAY 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 709 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY AROUND 730 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 3968 8548 3953 8561 3944 8531 3956 8531

$$

JB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 230030
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
730 PM EST SUN MAY 22 2005

INC139-230040-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050523T0030Z/
RUSH-
730 PM EST SUN MAY 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

LAT...LON 3968 8548 3953 8561 3944 8531 3956 8531

$$

JB

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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.