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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 22, 2005Hamilton County, Hancock County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2005, 5:04 PM EST for Hamilton County, Hancock County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
Apr 22, 2005, 5:04 PM EST (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2005, 5:30 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 22, 1:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 222204
TORIND
INC057-059-097-222230-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0004.050422T2204Z-050422T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
504 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 501 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH CROWS
  NEST...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CASTLETON AROUND 515 PM EST
  CARMEL AROUND 520 PM EST
  FISHERS AROUND 525 PM EST
  MCCORDSVILLE AROUND 530 PM EST

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST
FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3990 8627 3975 8615 3991 8582 4009 8598

$$

HAINES
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 222210
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
510 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

INC057-059-097-222230-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050422T2230Z/
HAMILTON-HANCOCK-MARION-
510 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MARION...NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 505 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CASTLETON...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
A SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CARMEL. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CASTLETON AROUND 510 PM EST
  CARMEL AROUND 520 PM EST
  FISHERS AROUND 525 PM EST

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST
FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3990 8627 3975 8615 3991 8582 4009 8598

$$

HAINES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 3:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence41 min
Apr 22, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox50 min
Apr 22, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence47 min
Apr 22, 3:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion25 min
Apr 22, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion34 min
Apr 22, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings46 min
Apr 22, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox39 min
Apr 22, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby50 min
Apr 22, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin26 min
Apr 22, 4:54 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Shelby51 min
Apr 22, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion45 min
Apr 22, 5:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence44 min
Apr 22, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Rush, Shelby45 min
Apr 22, 5:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Madison46 min
Apr 22, 5:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew42 min
Apr 22, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson33 min
Apr 22, 5:45 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby45 min
Apr 22, 5:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam29 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam44 min
Apr 22, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby46 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.