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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 9:40 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 10:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Seymour, IN | 12 TO 24 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN, CONCRETE LIGHT POLES TWISTED AND DOWN, WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE |
| Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Seymour, IN | ONE HOUSE ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF SEYMOUR DESTROYED |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 030140 TORIND INC005-071-079-030230- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0020.060403T0140Z-060403T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 940 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEYMOUR... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JONESVILLE AROUND 945 PM EDT... NORTH VERNON AROUND 1000 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 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 3903 8603 3880 8590 3902 8548 3913 8587 $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 030214 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1014 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 INC005-071-079-030224- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060403T0230Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 1014 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON...JENNINGS AND SOUTH CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3903 8603 3880 8590 3902 8548 3913 8587 $$ 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, 9:32 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, 9:45 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.