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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 3:11 AM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 49 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
- Nov 6, 2005, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2005, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 10:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 85 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 060811 TORIND INC027-055-083-105-119-153-060900- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0037.051106T0811Z-051106T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 311 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHWESTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 400 AM EST * AT 308 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EDWARDSPORT...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LYONS AROUND 320 AM EST SWITZ CITY AROUND 325 AM EST BLOOMFIELD AROUND 330 AM 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 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3890 8740 3875 8727 3903 8662 3928 8696 $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 060842 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 342 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 INC027-055-083-105-119-153-060900- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-051106T0900Z/ DAVIESS-GREENE-KNOX-MONROE-OWEN-SULLIVAN- 342 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN... SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN OWEN COUNTIES... AT 339 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMFIELD...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3890 8740 3875 8727 3903 8662 3928 8696 $$ JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 1:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 1:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vigo | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 1:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 36 min |
| Nov 6, 1:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 40 min |
| Nov 6, 1:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Parke, Putnam | 66 min |
| Nov 6, 1:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more | 63 min |
| Nov 6, 2:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton | 44 min |
| Nov 6, 2:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 62 min |
| Nov 6, 2:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby | 63 min |
| Nov 6, 2:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Daviess, Greene, Johnson, Knox, Monroe and 2 more | 61 min |
| Nov 6, 3:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 43 min |
| Nov 6, 3:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 37 min |
| Nov 6, 4:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 26 min |
| Nov 6, 5:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 21 min |
| Nov 6, 5:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 20 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.