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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 2005Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 6:57 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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, 6:57 PM EST (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2005, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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.

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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 122357
TORIND
INC031-139-130030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0019.050612T2357Z-050613T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
657 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 654 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. PAUL AROUND 710 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 3923 8560 3929 8547 3953 8549 3952 8568

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 130014
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
714 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

INC031-139-130030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050613T0030Z/
DECATUR-RUSH-
714 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
DECATUR AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 712 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. PAUL...OR
ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...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 3936 8562 3933 8548 3953 8549 3952 8568

$$

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, 6:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.