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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 2005Hancock County, Shelby County, Indiana

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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 4:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 336 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

JB
2 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

$$

JB
000 
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

$$

JB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:24 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush42 min
Jun 12, 7:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby45 min
Jun 12, 8:09 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison51 min
Jun 12, 8:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone3 hr
Jun 12, 8:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton53 min
Jun 12, 8:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison64 min
Jun 12, 9:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware57 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.