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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2006, 7:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 53 min. 6 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 14, 2006, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Marion County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 14, 7:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Greenfield, IN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN GREENFIELD |
| Apr 14, 7:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Indianapolis, IN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 53RD AND KEYSTONE AVE |
| Apr 14, 7:09 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Indianapolis, IN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 79TH AND ALLISONVILLE ROAD |
| Apr 14, 7:12 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Indianapolis, IN | FUNNEL CLOUD AT 71ST AND GEORGETOWN |
| Apr 14, 7:22 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | 2 N Greenfield, IN | SEMI TRUCK WINDSHIELD BROKEN BY BASEBALL SIZE HAIL |
| Apr 14, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Indianapolis, IN | BROKEN WINDSHIELDS AT 30TH AND KESSLER BLVD |
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 14, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 608 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 142306 TORIND INC059-065-097-139-150000- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0034.060414T2307Z-060415T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 707 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SPRING LAKE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CARTHAGE AROUND 720 PM EDT... KNIGHTSTOWN AROUND 725 PM EDT... DUNREITH AROUND 730 PM EDT... LEWISVILLE AROUND 735 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 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3993 8624 3974 8629 3970 8531 3987 8530 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 142338 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 738 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 INC097-142348- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-060415T0000Z/ MARION- 738 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3984 8595 3970 8595 3970 8531 3991 8525 $$ INC059-065-139-150000- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-060415T0000Z/ HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- 738 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN RUSH...SOUTHERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTIES... AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARTHAGE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEWISVILLE AROUND 750 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 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3984 8595 3970 8595 3970 8531 3991 8525 $$
000 WWUS53 KIND 150002 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 802 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 INC059-065-139-150012- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-060415T0000Z/ HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- 802 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUSH...SOUTHERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 800 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF RUSH COUNTY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3984 8595 3970 8595 3970 8531 3991 8525 $$ NIELD
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, 4:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 30 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, 7:13 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 |
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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.