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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 9:32 PM EDT for Johnson County, Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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, 9:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | 2 S Mooresville, IN | |
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 S Indianapolis, IN | EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN AREA INCLUDING 10 FOOT HIGH TREES UPROOTED AND HOME DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 030132 TORIND INC081-097-109-030215- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0018.060403T0132Z-060403T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 932 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARTINSVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BROOKLYN AROUND 940 PM EDT... BARGERSVILLE AROUND 945 PM EDT... GREENWOOD AROUND 950 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 3948 8663 3932 8651 3949 8597 3974 8613 $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 030212 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1011 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 INC081-097-109-030221- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060403T0215Z/ JOHNSON-MARION-MORGAN- 1011 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MORGAN...NORTHERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THREAT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3948 8663 3932 8651 3949 8597 3974 8613 $$ 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, 9:11 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, 9:39 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.