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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 2005Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2005, 5:29 PM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 14 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
May 13, 2005, 5:29 PM EST (22:29 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2005, 5:43 PM EST
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 135 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 132229
TORIND
INC015-132300-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0007.050513T2229Z-050513T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
529 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 526 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
NEAR   FLORA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF FRANKFORT...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT   25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BURLINGTON AROUND 535 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 800 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4066 8644 4068 8639 4046 8639 4044 8643
      4044 8651 4045 8653 4045 8663 4052 8668

$$

JB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 132243
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
542 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

INC015-132252-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050513T2300Z/
CARROLL-
542 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SEVERE 
WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED LATER TONIGHT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4066 8644 4068 8639 4046 8639 4044 8643
      4044 8651 4045 8653 4045 8663 4052 8668

$$

JB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 12:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe39 min
May 13, 1:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin41 min
May 13, 1:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan25 min
May 13, 1:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Shelby39 min
May 13, 2:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush50 min
May 13, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings45 min
May 13, 2:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo22 min
May 13, 2:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan, Putnam40 min
May 13, 2:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin38 min
May 13, 3:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam43 min
May 13, 3:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDKnox55 min
May 13, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware30 min
May 13, 3:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion31 min
May 13, 5:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton37 min
May 13, 6:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren38 min
May 13, 6:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe40 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.