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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 8:19 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2006, 8:19 PM EST (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 8:43 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:33 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Greensburg, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 010119 TORIND INC031-139-010200- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0012.060401T0119Z-060401T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 819 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 815 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ST. PAUL... OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GREENSBURG AROUND 830 PM EST... NEWPOINT 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 3944 8564 3931 8564 3928 8531 3951 8532 $$ NIELD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 010143 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 843 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 INC031-139-010153- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060401T0200Z/ DECATUR-RUSH- 843 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DECATUR AND SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3944 8564 3931 8564 3928 8531 3951 8532 $$ 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, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.