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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 45 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, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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, 10:06 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 S Rushville, IN | 1 NORTH OF MILROY |
| Apr 2, 10:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greensburg, IN | SEMI BLOWN OVER..LOCATION IN COUNTY NOT KNOWN |
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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 030145 TORIND INC005-031-139-145-030230- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0021.060403T0145Z-060403T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 945 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 943 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLIFFORD... OR ABOUT NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOPE AROUND 950 PM EDT... HARTSVILLE AROUND 955 PM EDT... ST. PAUL AROUND 1005 PM EDT... GREENSBURG AROUND 1010 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 3929 8593 3914 8581 3942 8531 3961 8554 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 030218 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1018 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 INC005-031-139-145-030230- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060403T0230Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-RUSH-SHELBY- 1018 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW...NORTHERN DECATUR...SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES... AT 1014 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBURG...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3929 8593 3914 8581 3942 8531 3961 8554 $$ KOCH
000 WWUS53 KIND 030227 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1027 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 INC005-031-139-145-030237- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060403T0230Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-RUSH-SHELBY- 1027 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW...NORTHERN DECATUR...SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES HAS BEEN 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 3929 8593 3914 8581 3942 8531 3961 8554 $$ 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, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings | 34 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.