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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 4:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard | 28 min |
| Feb 16, 7:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 7:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 40 min |
| Feb 16, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam | 33 min |
| Feb 16, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 8:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 34 min |
| Feb 16, 8:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 33 min |
| Feb 16, 8:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 8:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 34 min |
| Feb 16, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 8:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 37 min |
| Feb 16, 9:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 9:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Lawrence, Monroe | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 9:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 9:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 37 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.