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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 14, 2006Brown County, Jackson County, Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2006, 4:20 AM EDT for Brown County, Jackson County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2006, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2006, 4:50 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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.

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 14, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 14, 2:58 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 140820
TORIND
INC013-071-105-140900-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0033.060414T0820Z-060414T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
420 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 417 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  BLOOMINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NASHVILLE AROUND 430 AM 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 1000 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3927 8655 3907 8660 3895 8610 3923 8611

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 140839
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
439 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

INC013-071-105-140900-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060414T0900Z/
BROWN-JACKSON-MONROE-
439 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...EASTERN MONROE AND BROWN COUNTIES...

AT 435 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
NASHVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY AROUND 450 AM 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 1000 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3927 8655 3907 8660 3895 8610 3923 8611

$$

KOCH

000 
WWUS53 KIND 140850
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
449 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

INC013-071-105-140859-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060414T0900Z/
BROWN-JACKSON-MONROE-
449 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...EASTERN MONROE AND
BROWN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ACROSS 
NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 500 AM EDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3927 8655 3907 8660 3895 8610 3923 8611

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 2:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vermillion	37 min
Apr 14, 2:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	35 min
Apr 14, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam	37 min
Apr 14, 4:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	37 min
Apr 14, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Marion	49 min
Apr 14, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison	50 min
Apr 14, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Marion, Rush	53 min
Apr 14, 7:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry	47 min
Apr 14, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	41 min
Apr 14, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	40 min
Apr 14, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	51 min
Apr 14, 7:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	43 min
Apr 14, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	52 min
Apr 14, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	63 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.