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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 8:08 PM EST for Brown County, Jackson County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 31, 2006, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 8:44 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 010108 TORIND INC013-071-105-010200- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0010.060401T0108Z-060401T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 808 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 806 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF NASHVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NASHVILLE AROUND 825 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 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3920 8651 3907 8654 3893 8616 3920 8608 $$ NIELD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 010121 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 821 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 INC105-010131- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T0200Z/ MONROE- 821 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3916 8634 3906 8638 3893 8616 3920 8608 $$ INC013-071-010200- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T0200Z/ BROWN-JACKSON- 821 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTIES... AT 820 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY AROUND 840 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 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3916 8634 3906 8638 3893 8616 3920 8608 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 010144 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 844 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 INC013-071-010154- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T0200Z/ BROWN-JACKSON- 844 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3916 8634 3906 8638 3893 8616 3920 8608 $$ NIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 18 min |
| Mar 31, 7:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 7:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 7:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Rush, Shelby | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 8:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 8:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Greene, Jackson, Jennings and 4 more | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 8:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 9:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin | 24 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.