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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 2005, 6:14 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 11, 2005, 6:14 PM EST (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2005, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Parke County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 6:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Rockville, IN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON CR 150S |
| Aug 11, 6:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Rockville, IN | TREES/LIMBS DOWN ON 36 IN MIDWAY AREA |
| Aug 11, 6:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Rockville, IN | LIMBS DOWN ALL OVER TOWN |
| Aug 11, 6:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Rockville, IN | TREES DOWN AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN PARKE COUNTY. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 112314 TORIND INC121-112345- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0035.050811T2314Z-050811T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 614 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 645 PM EST * AT 613 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JUDSON AROUND 620 PM EST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 3985 8730 3975 8734 3961 8704 3982 8702 $$ NIELD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 112326 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 626 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 INC121-112345- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050811T2345Z/ PARKE- 626 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY... AT 622 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN PARKE COUNTY AROUND 640 PM EST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3985 8730 3975 8734 3961 8704 3982 8702 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 112337 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 637 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 INC121-112345- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050811T2345Z/ PARKE- 637 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY... AT 635 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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. LAT...LON 3985 8730 3975 8734 3961 8704 3982 8702 $$ 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, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke | 35 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.