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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 5:48 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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 15, 2005, 5:48 PM EST (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:01 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 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 152248 TORIND INC139-152315- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0057.051115T2248Z-051115T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 548 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 546 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3959 8556 3949 8532 3950 8531 3980 8535 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 152302 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 602 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 INC139-152315- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-051115T2315Z/ RUSH- 602 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY... AT 557 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3959 8556 3949 8532 3950 8531 3980 8535 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 152313 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 613 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 INC139-152323- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-051115T2315Z/ RUSH- 613 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3959 8556 3949 8532 3950 8531 3980 8535 $$ NIELD
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, 2:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 29 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.