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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 16, 20066 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2006, 9:11 PM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
Feb 16, 2006, 9:11 PM EST (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2006, 9:43 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 4:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 349 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
475 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 170211
SVRIND
INC059-081-095-097-139-145-170300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0021.060217T0211Z-060217T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
911 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EST

* AT 909 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOMECROFT...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WARREN PARK AROUND 920 PM EST...
  NEW PALESTINE AROUND 930 PM EST...
  SPRING LAKE AROUND 935 PM EST...
  GREENFIELD AROUND 940 PM EST...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3976 8629 3957 8622 3966 8556 3998 8566

$$

JAS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 170229
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
929 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

INC081-097-170239-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060217T0300Z/
JOHNSON-MARION-
929 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JOHNSON AND MARION COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3990 8592 3960 8597 3966 8556 3998 8566

$$

INC059-095-139-145-170300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060217T0300Z/
HANCOCK-MADISON-RUSH-SHELBY-
929 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR NORTHERN SHELBY...NORTHWESTERN RUSH...HANCOCK AND EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 927 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENFIELD...OR ABOUT
19 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY AROUND 940 PM EST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3990 8592 3960 8597 3966 8556 3998 8566

$$

JAS
000 
WWUS53 KIND 170242
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
942 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

INC013-093-105-170300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060217T0300Z/
BROWN-LAWRENCE-MONROE-
942 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND BROWN COUNTIES...

AT 941 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NASHVILLE...OR
ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3933 8637 3905 8644 3884 8654 3885 8637
      3899 8632 3906 8628 3935 8610

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard28 min
Feb 16, 7:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo46 min
Feb 16, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam45 min
Feb 16, 7:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo40 min
Feb 16, 8:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Putnam33 min
Feb 16, 8:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton38 min
Feb 16, 8:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen34 min
Feb 16, 8:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox33 min
Feb 16, 8:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion48 min
Feb 16, 8:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene46 min
Feb 16, 8:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam12 min
Feb 16, 8:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison34 min
Feb 16, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen30 min
Feb 16, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin37 min
Feb 16, 9:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Lawrence, Monroe27 min
Feb 16, 9:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence39 min
Feb 16, 9:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby37 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.