Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 5:25 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2005, 5:25 PM EST (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 12, 5:35 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 W Vernon, IN | F1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HAYDEN AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 5 MILES. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. SEVERAL GRAIN SILOS WERE KNOCKED OVER AND ROLLED INTO FIELDS. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS HAD PARTS OF THEIR ROOFS BLOWN OFF. |
| Jun 12, 5:35 PM EST | TORNADO | 7 Sw North Vernon, IN | F1 TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL GRAIN SILOS AND BLEW PARTS OF ROOFS OFF SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS. |
| Jun 12, 5:46 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 W Vernon, IN | TORNADO NEAR 2910 SOUTH AND COUNTY ROAD 850 WEST NEAR HAYDEN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
WFUS53 KIND 122225
TORIND
INC079-122300-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.050612T2225Z-050612T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
525 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 520 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VERNON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VERNON AROUND 550 PM EST
NORTH VERNON AROUND 555 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 SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3881 8577 3882 8564 3887 8561 3912 8558
3912 8580
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIND 122240
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
538 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
INC079-122300-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050612T2300Z/
JENNINGS-
538 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR WESTERN JENNINGS
COUNTY...
AT 534 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 50 AROUND
HAYDEN. THIS TORNADO IS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY AROUND 550 PM EST
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3881 8577 3882 8564 3887 8561 3912 8558
3912 8580
$$
JBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 6:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 6:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 33 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.