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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 8:42 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports 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, 8:42 PM EST (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:42 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 12 Nw Seymour, IN | |
| Mar 31, 9:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Wnw Seymour, IN | 190W AND HIGHWAY 258, 12-14 INCH DIAMETER LIVE TREE SNAPPED OFF |
| Mar 31, 9:20 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Ne Vernon, 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 010142 TORIND INC005-071-079-010230- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0013.060401T0142Z-060401T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 842 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 930 PM EST * AT 838 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF JONESVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JONESVILLE AROUND 855 PM EST... NORTH VERNON AROUND 915 PM EST... VERNON AROUND 920 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 SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3909 8608 3898 8611 3882 8577 3911 8546 $$ NIELD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 010202 RRA SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 902 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 INC005-071-079-010230- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060401T0230Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 902 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...JENNINGS AND SOUTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES... AT 900 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JONESVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NORTH VERNON AROUND 915 PM EST... VERNON AROUND 920 PM EST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3909 8608 3898 8611 3882 8577 3911 8546 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 010227 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 926 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 INC005-071-079-010236- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060401T0230Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 926 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...JENNINGS AND SOUTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 930 PM EST... ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN JENNINGS COUNTY... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3909 8608 3898 8611 3882 8577 3911 8546 $$ 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, 8:19 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.