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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2006Greene County, Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 8:14 PM EST for Greene County, Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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, 8:14 PM EST (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2006, 9:00 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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
Mar 31, 3:43 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2006-04-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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 010113
TORIND
INC055-093-101-010200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0011.060401T0114Z-060401T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
814 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 900 PM EST(800 PM CST)

* AT 811 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CRANE...OR
  ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OOLITIC AROUND 850 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(900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING) FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING(900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3902 8693 3892 8699 3869 8675 3898 8639

$$

NIELD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 010129
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
829 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

INC055-093-101-010200-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060401T0200Z/
GREENE-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-
829 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR 
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN...NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE 
COUNTIES...

AT 824 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
OOLITIC...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OOLITIC 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 3898 8674 3894 8694 3869 8675 3898 8639

$$

NIELD
000 
WWUS53 KIND 010158
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
858 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

INC055-093-101-010208-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060401T0200Z/
GREENE-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-
858 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARTIN...NORTHWESTERN 
LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 900 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3898 8674 3894 8694 3869 8675 3898 8639

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 7:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan67 min
Mar 31, 7:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock49 min
Mar 31, 7:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison47 min
Mar 31, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen18 min
Mar 31, 7:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby66 min
Mar 31, 7:26 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Shelby49 min
Mar 31, 7:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush50 min
Mar 31, 7:43 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock, Rush, Shelby28 min
Mar 31, 7:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Shelby45 min
Mar 31, 7:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph44 min
Mar 31, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Shelby34 min
Mar 31, 8:08 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Monroe36 min
Mar 31, 8:19 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush24 min
Mar 31, 8:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Greene, Jackson, Jennings and 4 more54 min
Mar 31, 8:42 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson, Jennings48 min
Mar 31, 9:22 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJennings23 min
Mar 31, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin24 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.