Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 36 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 |
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.