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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 6:30 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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, 6:30 PM EST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 122329 TORIND INC005-081-145-130015- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0017.050612T2330Z-050613T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 715 PM EST * AT 627 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TAYLORSVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EDINBURGH AROUND 635 PM EST PRINCES LAKES AROUND 640 PM EST FRANKLIN AROUND 705 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 3921 8610 3922 8590 3952 8590 3952 8613 $$ JB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 122343 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 643 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 INC005-122353- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050613T0015Z/ BARTHOLOMEW- 643 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWEST BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3938 8612 3938 8590 3952 8590 3952 8613 $$ INC081-145-130015- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050613T0015Z/ JOHNSON-SHELBY- 643 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL JOHNSON AND WEST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES... AT 641 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FRANKLIN AROUND 700 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 3938 8612 3938 8590 3952 8590 3952 8613 $$ JB
000 WWUS53 KIND 130013 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 713 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 INC081-145-130023- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050613T0015Z/ JOHNSON-SHELBY- 713 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JOHNSON AND WEST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 715 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3938 8612 3938 8590 3952 8590 3952 8613 $$ JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 35 min |
| 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, 6:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 33 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.