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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 6, 2005Greene County, Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 3:43 AM EST for Greene County, Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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: Nov 6, 2005, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 4:20 AM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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
Nov 6, 4:20 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Ellettsville, IN	TREES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 6, 3:30 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 060842
TORIND
INC055-105-119-060930-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0038.051106T0843Z-051106T0930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
343 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
  NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 430 AM EST

* AT 339 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ELLETTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMINGTON AROUND 355 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3909 8692 3895 8677 3917 8643 3931 8661

$$

KOCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 060920
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
419 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

INC055-105-119-060929-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-051106T0930Z/
GREENE-MONROE-OWEN-
419 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE...MONROE AND
SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF WARNING 
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3909 8692 3895 8677 3917 8643 3931 8661

$$

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, 3:11 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan	49 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.