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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 2, 2006Clay County, Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 8:53 PM EDT for Clay County, Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
Apr 2, 2006, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2006, 9:18 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 8:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Terre Haute, INPOWER LINES DOWN
Apr 2, 8:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Terre Haute, INPOWER LINES DOWN, TREES DOWN
Apr 2, 9:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTerre Haute, INROOF BLOWN OFF SKATING RINK...POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN...FALLEN LIMBS OVER AREA ROADWAYS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2006-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1184 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 030053
TORIND
INC021-121-167-030145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0015.060403T0053Z-060403T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
853 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH TERRE
  HAUTE...OR ABOUT NEAR TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSEDALE AROUND 900 PM EDT...

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 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3955 8747 3943 8734 3966 8707 3970 8723
      3961 8739

$$

JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 030118
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
918 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

INC021-121-167-030128-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060403T0145Z/
CLAY-PARKE-VIGO-
918 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...NORTHEASTERN VIGO AND
SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3955 8747 3943 8734 3966 8707 3970 8723
      3961 8739

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan38 min
Apr 2, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan38 min
Apr 2, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox15 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo44 min
Apr 2, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo39 min
Apr 2, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren30 min
Apr 2, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Hendricks, Jackson, Johnson and 7 more53 min
Apr 2, 9:09 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Parke, Putnam51 min
Apr 2, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningINDJackson, Lawrence49 min
Apr 2, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 1 more44 min
Apr 2, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan43 min
Apr 2, 9:39 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion51 min
Apr 2, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson, Jennings34 min
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby45 min
Apr 2, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby39 min
Apr 2, 9:52 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings38 min
Apr 2, 9:54 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more51 min
Apr 2, 10:03 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton42 min
Apr 2, 10:05 PM EDTTornado WarningINDRush39 min
Apr 2, 10:16 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph44 min
Apr 2, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph21 min
Apr 3, 8:35 AM EDTWind AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more10 hr

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.