Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2005, 7:51 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2005, 7:51 PM EST (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2005, 8:10 PM EST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:54 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 66 | Lafayette, IN | |
| Jul 26, 7:57 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lafayette, IN | SR 26 AND I65 POWER LOSS, POWER LINES DOWN |
| Jul 26, 8:00 PM EST | TORNADO | Dayton, IN | MICROBURST WITH EMBEDDED TORNADO. TREES LIMBS WERE SNAPPED AND FELL ONTO HOMES. CROPS WERE DAMAGED. |
| Jul 26, 8:11 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Lafayette, IN | 4-5 FT DIAMTER UPROOTED TREE 25 FT TALL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 270051 TORIND INC157-270115- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0029.050727T0051Z-050727T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 751 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE * UNTIL 815 PM EST * AT 750 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SHADELAND...OR ABOUT NEAR LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DAYTON AROUND 800 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 4043 8705 4025 8703 4031 8670 4047 8669 $$ PUMA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 270101 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 801 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 INC157-270115- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050727T0115Z/ TIPPECANOE- 801 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTY... AT 759 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DAYTON...OR ABOUT NEAR LAFAYETTE... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4043 8705 4025 8703 4031 8670 4047 8669 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 270110 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 810 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 INC157-270120- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050727T0115Z/ TIPPECANOE- 810 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. 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 4043 8705 4025 8703 4031 8670 4047 8669 $$ NIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 14 min |
| 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.