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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 15, 2005Henry County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:13 PM EST for Henry County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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 15, 2005, 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 6:37 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, IN, Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 6:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG8 Se New Castle, INCOUPLE TREES DOWNED NEAR MT. AUBURN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 3:01 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 152313
TORIND
INC065-139-152345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0059.051115T2313Z-051115T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
613 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 608 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LEWISVILLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST 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 INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3974 8547 3966 8537 3974 8531 3979 8531
      3979 8523 3995 8522

$$

KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 152321
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
621 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

INC065-139-152345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-051115T2345Z/
HENRY-RUSH-
621 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES...

AT 619 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STRAUGHN...OR
ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING 
FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3974 8547 3966 8537 3974 8531 3979 8531
      3979 8523 3995 8522

$$

NIELD
000 
WWUS53 KIND 152337
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
638 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

INC065-139-152348-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-051115T2345Z/
HENRY-RUSH-
638 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3974 8547 3966 8537 3974 8531 3979 8531
      3979 8523 3995 8522

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 2:31 PM ESTTornado WarningINDKnox, Sullivan44 min
Nov 15, 2:40 PM ESTTornado WarningINDKnox50 min
Nov 15, 2:46 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo29 min
Nov 15, 3:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClay, Owen, Putnam, Vigo35 min
Nov 15, 3:23 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox43 min
Nov 15, 3:32 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Putnam28 min
Nov 15, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene25 min
Nov 15, 3:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin27 min
Nov 15, 3:57 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMonroe, Owen40 min
Nov 15, 4:06 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence, Monroe24 min
Nov 15, 4:24 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMonroe, Morgan31 min
Nov 15, 4:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe31 min
Nov 15, 4:47 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Brown28 min
Nov 15, 4:49 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVigo26 min
Nov 15, 5:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Shelby25 min
Nov 15, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo29 min
Nov 15, 5:24 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby36 min
Nov 15, 5:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison34 min
Nov 15, 5:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRush27 min
Nov 15, 6:02 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHoward28 min
Nov 15, 6:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton33 min
Nov 15, 6:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion25 min
Nov 15, 6:26 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMartin34 min
Nov 15, 6:36 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison, Tipton39 min
Nov 15, 6:44 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence, Monroe31 min
Nov 15, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion45 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.