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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 2:46 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- Nov 15, 2005, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 15, 3:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se Rockville, IN | FEW TREES DOWNED. |
| Nov 15, 3:12 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sw Brazil, IN | FEW TREES DOWNED. |
| Nov 15, 3:21 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Brazil, IN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY INDIANA STATE POLICE IN BRAZIL. |
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 15, 11:13 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 151946 TORIND INC021-121-133-167-152015- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0042.051115T1946Z-051115T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 246 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEASTERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 315 PM EST * AT 245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROSEDALE... OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GREENCASTLE AROUND 300 PM EST FILLMORE AROUND 305 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3958 8738 3945 8722 3965 8672 3986 8703 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 152001 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 259 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 INC021-121-133-167-152015- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-051115T2015Z/ CLAY-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO- 259 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...NORTHEASTERN VIGO...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTIES... AT 256 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WEST OF BAINBRIDGE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARBON...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3958 8738 3945 8722 3972 8679 3986 8703 $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS53 KIND 152015 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 316 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 INC021-121-133-167-152026- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-051115T2015Z/ CLAY-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO- 316 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...NORTHEASTERN VIGO... NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 315 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3958 8738 3945 8722 3972 8679 3986 8703 $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 2:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam, Vigo | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 3:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 3:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 27 min |
| Nov 15, 3:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe, Owen | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 4:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 4:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan | 31 min |
| Nov 15, 4:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 31 min |
| Nov 15, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 4:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 5:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Shelby | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 29 min |
| Nov 15, 5:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 5:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 27 min |
| Nov 15, 6:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 6:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 6:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison, Tipton | 39 min |
| Nov 15, 6:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 31 min |
| Nov 15, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion | 45 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.