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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 3:54 PM EDT for Brown County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 10 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 7, 2006, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 4:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brown County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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 7, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Bloomington, IN | |
| Apr 7, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | Bloomington, IN | |
| Apr 7, 3:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Bloomington, IN | |
| Apr 7, 4:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Bloomington, IN | |
| Apr 7, 4:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 S Ellettsville, IN | |
| Apr 7, 4:02 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Bloomington, IN | |
| Apr 7, 4:09 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Bloomington, IN | |
| Apr 7, 4:27 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Nashville, IN | |
| Apr 7, 4:29 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 W Bloomington, IN | |
| Apr 7, 4:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bloomington, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 071955
TORIND
INC013-105-072045-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0028.060407T1954Z-060407T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
354 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
ELLETTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BLOOMINGTON AROUND 400 PM EDT...
NASHVILLE AROUND 430 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3923 8669 3933 8643 3933 8626 3920 8618
3917 8618 3916 8627 3912 8641 3907 8667
3918 8668 3919 8670
$$
JB3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 072007
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
406 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006
INC013-105-072045-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060407T2045Z/
BROWN-MONROE-
406 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHERN BROWN COUNTIES...
AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF
NASHVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NASHVILLE AROUND 430 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3926 8655 3933 8643 3933 8626 3920 8618
3917 8618 3916 8627 3912 8641 3910 8648
3917 8652 3922 8655
$$
JB000 WWUS53 KIND 072024 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 424 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 INC067-159-072034- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060407T2045Z/ HOWARD-TIPTON- 424 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TIPTON AND EASTERN HOWARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 4041 8624 4024 8621 4033 8587 4058 8587 $$ KOCH
000
WWUS53 KIND 072036
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
435 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006
INC013-072045-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060407T2045Z/
BROWN-
435 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY WHERE A NEW
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3929 8635 3932 8631 3933 8626 3920 8618
3919 8617 3916 8627 3916 8626 3916 8626
3920 8629 3922 8630
$$
JBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Putnam | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Marion | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 39 min |
| Apr 7, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 12 min |
| Apr 7, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Shelby | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 16 min |
| Apr 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 14 min |
| Apr 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Daviess, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush | 39 min |
| Apr 7, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 17 min |
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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.