Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 7:22 PM EST for Hancock County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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, 7:22 PM EST (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hancock County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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.
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 130022
TORIND
INC059-145-130100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0020.050613T0022Z-050613T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
722 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 721 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FAIRLAND...
OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NEW PALESTINE AROUND 745 PM EST
SPRING LAKE AROUND 755 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 3955 8593 3956 8586 3956 8581 3984 8577
3984 8595
$$
JB2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 130042
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
742 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
INC145-130052-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050613T0100Z/
SHELBY-
742 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3967 8594 3968 8587 3968 8580 3984 8577
3984 8595
$$
INC059-130100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050613T0100Z/
HANCOCK-
742 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
HANCOCK COUNTY...
AT 740 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW PALESTINE...OR
ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...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 3967 8594 3968 8587 3968 8580 3984 8577
3984 8595
$$
JB000
WWUS53 KIND 130056
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
756 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
INC059-130106-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050613T0100Z/
HANCOCK-
756 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800
PM EST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3967 8594 3968 8587 3968 8580 3984 8577
3984 8595
$$
JBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 8:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 8:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 8:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 9:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware | 57 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.