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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 2005, 1:07 PM EST for Clinton County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 11, 2005, 1:07 PM EST (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2005, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clinton County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Tipton, IN | TREES, POWER LINES DOWN ON DIVISION RD AND US 31 |
| Aug 11, 1:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Kempton, IN | 2 TREES DOWN...POWER OUTAGES ALSO |
| Aug 11, 1:45 PM EST | HAIL 0.25 | 7 W Tipton, IN | OFFICER REPORTED HAIL FALLING HEAVILY...UNABLE TO MEASURE, SO SIZE IS UNKNOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 757 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 111807 TORIND INC023-159-111845- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0032.050811T1807Z-050811T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 107 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA WESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 145 PM EST * AT 103 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEMPTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KEMPTON AROUND 120 PM EST SHARPSVILLE AROUND 140 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. LAT...LON 4037 8635 4030 8639 4025 8607 4039 8602 $$ CO
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 111820 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 119 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 INC023-159-111845- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050811T1845Z/ CLINTON-TIPTON- 119 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR WESTERN TIPTON AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTIES... AT 117 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KEMPTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHARPSVILLE AROUND 135 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4037 8628 4029 8629 4025 8607 4039 8602 $$ CO
000 WWUS53 KIND 111829 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 129 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 INC023-111839- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050811T1845Z/ CLINTON- 129 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4037 8624 4028 8625 4025 8607 4039 8602 $$ INC159-111845- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050811T1845Z/ TIPTON- 129 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR WESTERN TIPTON COUNTY... AT 126 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF KEMPTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHARPSVILLE AROUND 135 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4037 8624 4028 8625 4025 8607 4039 8602 $$ CO
000 WWUS53 KIND 111842 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 142 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 INC159-111852- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050811T1845Z/ TIPTON- 142 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN TIPTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 PM EST... HOWEVER, THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL PERSIST. ALL ARE ADVISED TO STAY IN SHELTER. LAT...LON 4037 8624 4028 8625 4025 8607 4039 8602 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 12:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 6:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 6:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 61 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.