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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 2:31 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 191932 TORIND INC109-192015- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0009.050519T1931Z-050519T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 315 PM EST * AT 231 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE HART...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BETHANY AROUND 240 PM EST MARTINSVILLE AROUND 245 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 3957 8650 3945 8657 3935 8633 3958 8627 $$ JB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 191955 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 255 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 INC109-192015- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050519T2015Z/ MORGAN- 255 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY... AT 253 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKLYN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3957 8650 3945 8657 3935 8633 3958 8627 $$ 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, 1:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan, Putnam | 48 min |
| May 19, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 31 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 |
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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.