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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 2005Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2005, 7:07 PM EST for Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 14 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: Jul 26, 2005, 7:07 PM EST (00:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 7:21 PM EST
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clinton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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
Jul 26, 5:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 270007
TORIND
INC023-270030-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0028.050727T0007Z-050727T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
707 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 704 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR MICHIGANTOWN...OR ABOUT NEAR FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY AROUND 720 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4034 8655 4021 8650 4026 8628 4034 8627
      4042 8633

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 270017
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
716 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

INC023-270030-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050727T0030Z/
CLINTON-
716 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR EASTERN CLINTON
COUNTY...

AT 714 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MICHIGANTOWN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4034 8655 4021 8650 4026 8628 4034 8627
      4042 8633

$$

NIELD

000 
WWUS53 KIND 270021
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
720 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

INC023-270030-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050727T0030Z/
CLINTON-
720 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA...AND HAS WEAKENED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4034 8655 4021 8650 4026 8628 4034 8627
      4042 8633

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 7:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	50 min
Jul 26, 7:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	44 min
Jul 26, 7:51 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	19 min
Jul 26, 8:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	38 min
Jul 26, 8:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	50 min
Jul 26, 8:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	47 min
Jul 26, 8:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tipton	49 min
Jul 26, 8:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard	31 min
Jul 26, 8:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	42 min
Jul 26, 8:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	55 min
Jul 26, 9:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	61 min
Jul 26, 10:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam	41 min
Jul 26, 10:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	52 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.