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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 2, 2006Hamilton County, Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 10:03 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 10:28 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Elwood, IN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 030203
TORIND
INC057-095-159-030245-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0024.060403T0203Z-060403T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1003 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  WESTFIELD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTFIELD AROUND 1010 PM EDT...
  NOBLESVILLE AROUND 1015 PM EDT...
  CICERO AROUND 1020 PM EDT...
  LAPEL AROUND 1025 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 4006 8620 3995 8595 4015 8559 4029 8557
      4039 8571

$$

JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 030244
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1044 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

INC057-095-159-030254-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060403T0245Z/
HAMILTON-MADISON-TIPTON-
1044 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HAMILTON...MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 PM EDT...

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 4006 8620 3995 8595 4015 8559 4029 8557
      4039 8571

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan38 min
Apr 2, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan38 min
Apr 2, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox15 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo44 min
Apr 2, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo39 min
Apr 2, 8:53 PM EDTTornado WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo25 min
Apr 2, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren30 min
Apr 2, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Hendricks, Jackson, Johnson and 7 more53 min
Apr 2, 9:09 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Parke, Putnam51 min
Apr 2, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningINDJackson, Lawrence49 min
Apr 2, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 1 more44 min
Apr 2, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan43 min
Apr 2, 9:39 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion51 min
Apr 2, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson, Jennings34 min
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby45 min
Apr 2, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby39 min
Apr 2, 9:52 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings38 min
Apr 2, 9:54 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more51 min
Apr 2, 10:05 PM EDTTornado WarningINDRush39 min
Apr 2, 10:16 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph44 min
Apr 2, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph21 min
Apr 3, 8:35 AM EDTWind AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more10 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.