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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 14, 2006Henry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2006, 7:13 PM EDT for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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 14, 2006, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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, 7:31 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	New Castle, IN	PENNY SIZE HAIL AT NEW CASTLE

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
Apr 14, 7:09 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 142313
TORIND
INC065-150000-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0035.060414T2313Z-060415T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLETOWN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  NEW CASTLE AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  MOORELAND AROUND 730 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 4007 8559 3990 8561 3988 8523 4009 8520

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 142336
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
736 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

INC065-150000-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060415T0000Z/
HENRY-
736 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HENRY COUNTY...

AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW CASTLE...OR
ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

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 4007 8559 3990 8561 3988 8523 4009 8520

$$SALLY

000 
WWUS53 KIND 142356
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
756 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

INC065-150006-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060415T0000Z/
HENRY-
756 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 PM
EDT...

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 4007 8559 3990 8561 3988 8523 4009 8520

$$

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, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Marion, Rush	53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.