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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2005, 8:29 PM EST for Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2005, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Howard County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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, 8:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Kokomo, IN | 18 INCH LIVE BRANCHES DOWN |
| Jul 26, 8:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Kokomo, IN | TELEPHONE POLE PUSHED DOWN, BLOCKING BARCKLEY RD ON WEST SIDE |
| Jul 26, 8:46 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Greentown, IN | HORIZONTAL RAIN |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 270129 TORIND INC067-270200- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0031.050727T0129Z-050727T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 829 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 826 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KOKOMO... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GREENTOWN AROUND 840 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 4057 8635 4042 8616 4042 8587 4058 8587 $$ PUMA
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 270139 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 838 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 INC067-270200- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050727T0200Z/ HOWARD- 838 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR HOWARD COUNTY... AT 835 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY AROUND 850 PM EST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4057 8635 4042 8616 4042 8587 4058 8587 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 270144 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 844 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 INC067-270200- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050727T0200Z/ HOWARD- 844 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR HOWARD COUNTY... AT 843 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENTOWN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 4057 8635 4042 8616 4042 8587 4058 8587 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 270155 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 856 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 INC067-270206- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050727T0200Z/ HOWARD- 856 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HOWARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4057 8635 4042 8616 4042 8587 4058 8587 $$ 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, 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, 8:48 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.