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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 22, 2005Decatur County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2005, 5:45 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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, 5:45 PM EST (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 22, 1:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 22, 3:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm 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 148 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 222245
TORIND
INC031-139-145-222330-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0006.050422T2245Z-050422T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  EAST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 541 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ST. PAUL...
  OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY AROUND 600 PM EST
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY AROUND 610 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 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 3952 8571 3940 8569 3934 8522 3951 8531

$$

HAINES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 222305
SVSIND

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

INC031-139-145-222330-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050422T2330Z/
DECATUR-RUSH-SHELBY-
604 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN
DECATUR...EAST CENTRAL SHELBY AND SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 603 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF ST.
PAUL...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THERE WAS A REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT MILROY IN SOUTHERN RUSH 
COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY AROUND 600 PM EST
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY AROUND 620 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 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 3952 8571 3940 8569 3934 8522 3951 8531

$$

HAINES

000 
WWUS53 KIND 222330
SVSIND

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

INC031-139-145-222338-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050422T2330Z/
DECATUR-RUSH-SHELBY-
628 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR...EAST CENTRAL SHELBY
AND SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM EST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. 

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 3952 8571 3940 8569 3934 8522 3951 8531

$$

HAINES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 3:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	41 min
Apr 22, 3:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	50 min
Apr 22, 3:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	47 min
Apr 22, 3:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion	25 min
Apr 22, 4:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion	34 min
Apr 22, 4:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	46 min
Apr 22, 4:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	39 min
Apr 22, 4:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	50 min
Apr 22, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Martin	26 min
Apr 22, 4:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	51 min
Apr 22, 5:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	45 min
Apr 22, 5:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	44 min
Apr 22, 5:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	26 min
Apr 22, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	45 min
Apr 22, 5:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	46 min
Apr 22, 5:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	42 min
Apr 22, 5:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	33 min
Apr 22, 5:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	29 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam	44 min
Apr 22, 6:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby	46 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.