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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT for Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 4:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 7, 4:02 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Kokomo, IN | PENNY HAIL REPORTED AT U.S. HIGHWAY 31 AND STATE ROAD 26. |
| Apr 7, 4:13 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Sw Greentown, IN | |
| Apr 7, 4:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Wsw Greentown, 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 215 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 071956 TORIND INC067-159-072045- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0029.060407T1956Z-060407T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 356 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHARPSVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WINDFALL AROUND 410 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 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 4041 8624 4024 8621 4033 8587 4058 8587 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 072008 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 408 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 INC067-159-072045- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060407T2045Z/ HOWARD-TIPTON- 408 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TIPTON AND EASTERN HOWARD COUNTIES... AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIAN HEIGHTS... OR ABOUT NEAR KOKOMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GREENTOWN AROUND 415 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 4041 8624 4024 8621 4033 8587 4058 8587 $$ KOCH
000 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
The 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, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 42 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.