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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 2, 2006Hendricks County, Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 9:09 PM EDT for Hendricks County, Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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
Apr 2, 9:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	5 Sw Greencastle, IN	POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
Apr 2, 9:17 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Greencastle, IN	POWER LINES DOWN
Apr 2, 9:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Greencastle, IN	POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 2, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 030109
TORIND
INC063-121-133-030200-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0016.060403T0109Z-060403T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  GREENCASTLE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENCASTLE AROUND 915 PM EDT...
  FILLMORE AROUND 920 PM EDT...
  COATESVILLE AROUND 925 PM EDT...
  AMO AROUND 930 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 3986 8682 3988 8673 3992 8670 3992 8654
      3964 8636 3963 8647 3961 8650 3961 8665
      3958 8666 3951 8701 3960 8703 3961 8709
      3967 8712

$$

JOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

000 
WFUS53 KIND 030112 CCA
TORIND
INC063-133-030200-
/O.COR.KIND.TO.W.0016.060403T0109Z-060403T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  GREENCASTLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENCASTLE AROUND 915 PM EDT...
  BAINBRIDGE AROUND 920 PM EDT...
  COATESVILLE AROUND 925 PM EDT...
  AMO AROUND 930 PM EDT...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3986 8682 3988 8673 3992 8670 3992 8654
      3964 8636 3963 8647 3961 8650 3961 8665
      3958 8666 3951 8701 3960 8703 3961 8702
      3965 8702

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WWUS53 KIND 030119
SVSIND

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

INC063-133-030200-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060403T0200Z/
HENDRICKS-PUTNAM-
919 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PUTNAM
AND HENDRICKS COUNTIES...

AT 916 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENCASTLE...OR
ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROACHDALE AROUND 925 PM EDT...
  AMO AROUND 930 PM EDT...
  NORTH SALEM AROUND 935 PM EDT...
  LIZTON AROUND 940 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 3986 8682 3988 8673 3992 8670 3992 8654
      3964 8636 3963 8647 3961 8650 3961 8665
      3958 8666 3951 8701 3960 8703 3961 8702
      3965 8702

$$

JOHNSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 2, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
730 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

.AVIATION...THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR AVIATION WILL BE A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA. THEY WILL ENTER
WESTERN INDIANA AROUND 01Z AND EXIT EAST AROUND 06Z. THESE STORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES. THE STORMS ARE JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. CIGS WITH THE
STORMS WILL DROP INTO THE MVFR LEVELS WITH VISIBILITIES BRIEFLY IFR.
CONDITIONS WILL GO VFR AFTER FROPA. WRAP AROUND MVFR CIGS WITH
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO AREA FROM THE NW AFTER 10Z.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 205 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006)

&&

.DISCUSSION...UPPR PTN TO REMAIN RATHER ENERGETIC...BUT PROGRESSIVE
OVR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. UPPR SYS CURRENTLY OVR THE PLAINS WL MOV EWD
IN THE LOCAL AREA BY EARLY MON MORN...AND INTO THE NERN PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY BY TUES NIGHT...EVENTUALLY CARVING OUT A LRG UPPR LO IN THAT
AREA. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE OVERAL SITUATION. FCST
FOCUS CENTERS ON POPS/SEVERE WX EARLY IN THE SHORT TERM WITH
INCOMING SYS.

IN THE NR TERM...RADAR INDICATING SCT SHWR/TSTM ACTVTY ACRS THE AREA
IN WAA ZONE. APPEARS MAIN UPPR SUPPORT WITH THIS SYS CURRENTLY
APPROACHING WRN MO...AND MODELS BRING THIS ENERGY RAPIDLY THRU THE
LOCAL AREA IN THE 01Z-07Z TIME FRAME. CDFNT LINGERS A LTL FARTHER
BEHIND...PROB NOT REACHING THE OH BORDER TIL 10Z-11Z OR SO. LOOKS
LIKE WHATEVER DVLPS OVR MO IN THE NEXT FEW HRS WL BE PUSHING THRU
DURG THE 01Z-07Z TIME FRAME...WITH ADDITIONAL ACTVTY PSBL ALONG THE
CDFNT AFT THAT. OVERALL PARAMETERS STILL SUPPORT A SVR THREAT...
MAINLY AFT 01Z...WITH AN ENHANCED THREAT OVR THE SWRN CWA. WIND
SHEAR LOOKS TO MAXIMIZED ACRS THE SRN PARTS OF STATE IN THE 06Z-12Z
TIME FRAME...SO SVR THREAT MAY LINGER WELL INTO THE EARLY MORN HRS
OF MON...IF TSTMS CAN DVLP ALONG CDFNT.

IN THR LTR PDS...LOOKS LIKE THERE WL BE SOME WRAP AROUND PCPN BEHIND
THE SYS THRU EARLY MON AFT...ESPECIALLY IN THE N. WL GO WITH LIKELY
POPS IN THE N...WITH CHC POPS FARTHER S. PCPN THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH
LTR IN THE AFT ON MON AS SYS PULLS AWAY. LO LVL WIND FIELDS OFF THE
MODELS SUGGEST MAYBE SOME 35KT SFC GUSTS ON MON AS WELL. IMPROVING
CONDS XPCTD MON NIGHT/TUES AS HI PRES BLDS IN.

UNDER WAA MOST OF THE NIGHT...TEMPS WL PROB HOLD OR RISE INTO THE
60S FOR THE BALANCE OF THE NIGHT...WITH READING DROPPING INTO THE
45-50 DEG RANGE BEHIND CDFNT. LTL TEMP RISE XPCTD ON MON UNDER STG
CAA. NGM MOS TEMPS IN THE LTR PDS LOOK REASONABLE AT THIS TIME BASED
ON PROGGED LO LVL THICKNESSES.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

AVIATION...HAINES
FORECAST...JAS

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 2:36 PM EDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
236 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-031100-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
136 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 /236 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOME OF THE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY FROM ABOUT 900 PM EDT...800 PM CDT...
TO ABOUT 500 AM EDT...400 AM CDT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
ARE THE MAIN THREATS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE
OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS FAVORABLE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE
STORMS DURING THAT TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 900 PM EDT...800 PM CDT
TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR
FUTURE WEATHER TRENDS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT LATER THIS WEEK.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)

JAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 8:30 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
830 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0826 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 E VINCENNES           38.68N 87.44W
04/02/2006  M61 MPH          KNOX               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

CP

Local storm report, Apr 2, 8:48 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
848 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0846 PM     TSTM WND GST     SULLIVAN                39.10N 87.41W
04/02/2006  M58 MPH          SULLIVAN           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

ALEXANDER

Local storm report, Apr 2, 8:52 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
852 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0851 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WASHINGTON              38.66N 87.17W
04/02/2006                   DAVIESS            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOFS OFF OF OUTBUILDINGS

&&

ALEXANDER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	38 min
Apr 2, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	38 min
Apr 2, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	15 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vigo	44 min
Apr 2, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	39 min
Apr 2, 8:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	25 min
Apr 2, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	30 min
Apr 2, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Hendricks, Jackson, Johnson and 7 more	53 min
Apr 2, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	49 min
Apr 2, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 1 more	44 min
Apr 2, 9:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	43 min
Apr 2, 9:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	51 min
Apr 2, 9:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	34 min
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby	45 min
Apr 2, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	39 min
Apr 2, 9:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	38 min
Apr 2, 9:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more	51 min
Apr 2, 10:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	42 min
Apr 2, 10:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush	39 min
Apr 2, 10:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph	44 min
Apr 2, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	21 min
Apr 3, 8:35 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	10 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.