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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 6:32 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Shelby 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
- Jun 12, 2005, 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 7:00 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, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 122332 TORIND INC005-031-145-130000- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0018.050612T2332Z-050613T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 632 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA WEST CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 627 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HARTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOPE AROUND 640 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 3918 8575 3923 8560 3945 8566 3938 8584 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 122342 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 641 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 INC005-031-145-130000- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050613T0000Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-SHELBY- 641 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW...WEST CENTRAL DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES... AT 636 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3918 8575 3923 8560 3945 8566 3938 8584 $$
000 WWUS53 KIND 122359 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 659 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 INC005-031-145-130009- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050613T0000Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-SHELBY- 659 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW...WEST CENTRAL DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 700 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3918 8575 3923 8560 3945 8566 3938 8584 $$ CO
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, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 45 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.