Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 9:11 PM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 98 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, 9:19 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 E Bedford, IN | |
| Apr 2, 9:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 W Seymour, IN | TREES DOWN AND FLYING DEBRIS AT CLEAR SPRINGS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 030111 TORIND INC071-093-030200- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0017.060403T0111Z-060403T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 911 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MITCHELL... OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MEDORA AROUND 920 PM EDT... BROWNSTOWN AROUND 925 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 3880 8653 3868 8649 3877 8588 3903 8604 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 030123 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 923 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 INC093-030133- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060403T0200Z/ LAWRENCE- 923 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3888 8628 3873 8619 3877 8588 3903 8604 $$ INC071-030200- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060403T0200Z/ JACKSON- 923 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR JACKSON COUNTY... AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF MEDORA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 75 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 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3888 8628 3873 8619 3877 8588 3903 8604 $$ KOCH
000 WWUS53 KIND 030158 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 958 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 INC071-030208- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060403T0200Z/ JACKSON- 958 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3888 8628 3873 8619 3877 8588 3903 8604 $$ KOCH
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, 9:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Parke, Putnam | 51 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 |
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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.