Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 291
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 19, 2005, 2:00 PM EST for 32 counties in Indiana; Carroll County, Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2005, 2:00 PM EST (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Carroll County, KY, Trimble County, KY
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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.
Warnings issued inside it
29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 23 min |
| May 19, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 55 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, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 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, 5:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 22 min |
| May 19, 5:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 62 min |
| May 19, 6:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Carroll, Owen | 27 min |
| May 19, 6:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 48 min |
| May 19, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 52 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
WWUS20 KWNS 191900
SEL1
SPC WW 191900
INZ000-200200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 291
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
200 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
900 PM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE
INDIANA TO 75 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 288...WW 289...WW 290...
DISCUSSION...AIR MASS IN THE WAKE OF MORNING CONVECTION CONTINUES TO
DESTABILIZE WITH STRONG AND PERSISTENT SUPERCELL NOW TRACKING SEWD
ALONG WELL DEFINED WARM FRONT/OUTFLOW ACROSS PUTNAM COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM SWRN IND TO THE SWRN
OH BORDER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING DEEP LAYER SHEAR
SUPPORTING SUPERCELLS WITH HAIL/HIGH WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE
OF TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29020.
...CARBIN/HART
400,0872 400,0845 383,0845 384,0872SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox and 7 more | 92 min |
| May 19, 10:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 36 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson, Posey | 8 hr |
| May 19, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Perry and 4 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 1:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton and 38 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 3:26 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin and 17 more | 94 min |
| May 19, 3:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Pike and 3 more | 64 min |
| May 19, 3:50 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Howard, Jasper and 9 more | 85 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain and 18 more | 4 hr |
| May 19, 5:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gibson | 91 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Spencer and 2 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Posey | 6 hr |
| May 19, 6:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur and 12 more | 91 min |
| May 19, 6:30 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Howard, Jasper and 9 more | 90 min |
| May 19, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 51 more | 7 hr |
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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.