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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 2005Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 7:24 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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, 7:24 PM EST (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2005, 8:06 PM EST
In force: 42 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 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 144 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 130025
TORIND
INC031-139-130115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0021.050613T0024Z-050613T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 721 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTH
  OF RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTH
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSHVILLE AROUND 750 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 3941 8549 3938 8531 3973 8531 3970 8563
      3955 8559

$$

CO

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 130038
SVSIND

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

INC031-130048-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050613T0115Z/
DECATUR-
738 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DECATUR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3953 8552 3947 8532 3973 8531 3970 8563
      3955 8559

$$

INC139-130115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050613T0115Z/
RUSH-
738 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR CENTRAL RUSH
COUNTY...

AT 735 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSHVILLE AROUND 745 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 3953 8552 3947 8532 3973 8531 3970 8563
      3955 8559

$$

CO

000 
WWUS53 KIND 130049 RRA
SVSIND

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

INC139-130115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050613T0115Z/
RUSH-
748 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR NORTHERN RUSH
COUNTY...

AT 744 PM EST..RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST 
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 3959 8550 3955 8533 3973 8531 3970 8563
      3961 8561

$$

CO

000 
WWUS53 KIND 130106
SVSIND

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

INC139-130116-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050613T0115Z/
RUSH-
806 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3959 8550 3955 8533 3973 8531 3970 8563
      3961 8561

$$

CO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 7:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Shelby	38 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

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.