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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 16, 2006Hendricks County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2006, 8:29 PM EST for Hendricks County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 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, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2006, 8:41 PM EST
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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.

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 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.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -134 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 
WFUS53 KIND 170129
TORIND
INC063-109-133-170200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0001.060217T0129Z-060217T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
829 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 900 PM EST

* AT 825 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF STILESVILLE...OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STILESVILLE AROUND 840 PM EST...
  CLAYTON AROUND 845 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 SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3961 8679 3949 8677 3956 8644 3979 8644

$$

CO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 170141 RRA
SVSIND

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

INC063-109-133-170152-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T0200Z/
HENDRICKS-MORGAN-PUTNAM-
842 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM
AND SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3961 8679 3949 8677 3956 8644 3979 8644

$$

CO

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, 8:41 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, 9:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush, Shelby32 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.