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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 11, 2005Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 2005, 6:44 PM EST for Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 61 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, 6:44 PM EST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2005, 7:45 PM EST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 112344
TORIND
INC121-133-120045-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0036.050811T2344Z-050812T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 640 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  GREENCASTLE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENCASTLE AROUND 715 PM EST
  FILLMORE AROUND 725 PM EST
  CLOVERDALE AROUND 735 PM EST

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 3978 8712 3967 8717 3961 8703 3954 8700
      3948 8691 3946 8670 3972 8670

$$

NIELD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 112358
SVSIND

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

INC121-133-120045-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050812T0045Z/
PARKE-PUTNAM-
658 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN PUTNAM
AND SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTIES...

AT 653 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
GREENCASTLE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENCASTLE AROUND 725 PM EST
  FILLMORE AROUND 730 PM EST
  CLOVERDALE AROUND 745 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 3978 8712 3967 8717 3961 8703 3954 8700
      3948 8691 3946 8670 3972 8670

$$

KOCH

000 
WWUS53 KIND 120021
SVSIND

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

INC121-120031-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050812T0045Z/
PARKE-
721 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3976 8702 3963 8703 3961 8703 3954 8700
      3948 8691 3946 8670 3972 8670

$$

INC133-120045-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050812T0045Z/
PUTNAM-
721 PM EST THU AUG 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN PUTNAM
COUNTY...

AT 717 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENCASTLE...OR
ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FILLMORE AROUND 730 PM EST

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 3976 8702 3963 8703 3961 8703 3954 8700
      3948 8691 3946 8670 3972 8670

$$

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, 6:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke	31 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.