Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 1:57 PM EST for Morgan County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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 19, 2005, 1:57 PM EST (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 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 191857 TORIND INC109-133-191945- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.050519T1857Z-050519T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 157 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 245 PM EST * AT 155 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLOVERDALE...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY AROUND 210 PM EST RURAL WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY AROUND 220 PM EST RURAL CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY AROUND 240 PM EST IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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. LAT...LON 3969 8687 3953 8696 3940 8660 3957 8650 $$ JB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 191908 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 207 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 INC109-133-191945- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050519T1945Z/ MORGAN-PUTNAM- 207 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES... AT 204 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLOVERDALE...OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY AROUND 220 PM EST RURAL CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY AROUND 230 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3969 8687 3953 8696 3940 8660 3957 8650 $$ JB
000 WWUS53 KIND 191943 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 241 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 INC109-133-191951- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050519T1945Z/ MORGAN-PUTNAM- 241 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 245 PM EST... ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3969 8687 3953 8696 3940 8660 3957 8650 $$ JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 44 min |
| May 19, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 31 min |
| May 19, 2:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 44 min |
| May 19, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 35 min |
| May 19, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 24 min |
| May 19, 3:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan | 2 hr |
| May 19, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 29 min |
| May 19, 3:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 28 min |
| May 19, 4:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown | 113 min |
| May 19, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 36 min |
| May 19, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 46 min |
| May 19, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| May 19, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 30 min |
| May 19, 4:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe | 2 hr |
| May 19, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 27 min |
| May 19, 5:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 116 min |
| May 19, 5:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene | 114 min |
| May 19, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 37 min |
| May 19, 5:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 62 min |
| May 19, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.