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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 11, 2005Fountain County, Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 2005, 6:10 PM EST for Fountain County, Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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: Aug 11, 2005, 6:10 PM EST (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2005, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 112310
TORIND
INC045-121-112345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0034.050811T2310Z-050811T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
610 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 608 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KINGMAN AROUND 625 PM EST
  WALLACE AROUND 640 PM EST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 4010 8741 4000 8743 3988 8737 3985 8710
      4008 8711

$$

NIELD

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 112321
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
620 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

INC045-121-112345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050811T2345Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-
620 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR NORTHERN PARKE
AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGMAN...OR ABOUT
18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KINGMAN AROUND 625 PM EST
  WALLACE AROUND 640 PM EST

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.

LAT...LON 4010 8741 4000 8743 3988 8737 3985 8710
      4008 8711

$$

NIELD

000 
WWUS53 KIND 112332
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
632 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

INC045-121-112345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050811T2345Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-
632 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR NORTHERN PARKE
AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES...

AT 631 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WALLACE...OR ABOUT
17 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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.

LAT...LON 4010 8741 4000 8743 3988 8737 3985 8710
      4008 8711

$$

NIELD

000 
WWUS53 KIND 112341
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
641 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

INC045-121-112351-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050811T2345Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-
641 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PARKE AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 PM EST...

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY UNTIL 645 
PM EST...

LAT...LON 4010 8741 4000 8743 3988 8737 3985 8710
      4008 8711

$$

NIELD

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, 1:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Clinton, Tipton	38 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, 6:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke	31 min
Aug 11, 6:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke, Putnam	61 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.