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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2006Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 9:22 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 23 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, 9:22 PM EST (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2006, 9:45 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIND 010222
TORIND
INC079-010245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0014.060401T0222Z-060401T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* AT 918 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
  JENNINGS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

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 3903 8555 3888 8570 3883 8563 3889 8556
      3892 8546 3901 8545

$$

NIELD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 010242
SVSIND

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

INC079-010252-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060401T0245Z/
JENNINGS-
942 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JENNINGS COUNTY EXPIRES AT
945 PM EST...

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

LAT...LON 3903 8555 3888 8570 3883 8563 3889 8556
      3892 8546 3901 8545

$$

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, 8:14 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Martin46 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, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin24 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.