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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2006, 8:57 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 min. 7 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, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 W Crawfordsville, IN | STATE POLICE RPT TORNADO |
| Apr 14, 9:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | New Ross, IN | TORNADO RPTD AT NEW ROSS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY |
| Apr 14, 9:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Advance, IN | |
| Apr 14, 9:32 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N Danville, IN | |
| Apr 14, 9:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N North Salem, IN | JUST NORTH OF NORTH SALEM..DEBRIS ACROSS ROAD..BUILDING DESTROYED. |
| Apr 14, 9:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N North Salem, IN | ONE TRAILER AND 2 BARNS DESTROYED. SEVERAL 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. A CHIMNEY WAS ALSO BLOWN OFF A HOUSE. DEBRIS WAS ALL POINTED IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION AND APPEARED TO BE FROM STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. |
| Apr 14, 9:47 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Brownsburg, IN | PENNY SIZE HAIL 2N OF BROWNSBURG |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2079 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 150056 TORIND INC011-063-107-150200- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0039.060415T0057Z-060415T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 857 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW RICHMOND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DARLINGTON AROUND 905 PM EDT... THORNTOWN AROUND 915 PM EDT... ADVANCE AROUND 920 PM EDT... LIZTON AROUND 925 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 4022 8704 3998 8706 3979 8640 4014 8625 $$ KOCH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 150105 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 905 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 INC011-063-107-150200- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060415T0200Z/ BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY- 905 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HENDRICKS...BOONE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 902 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEW MARKET AROUND 910 PM EDT... THORNTOWN AROUND 915 PM EDT... NEW ROSS AROUND 920 PM EDT... ADVANCE AROUND 925 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4022 8704 3998 8706 3979 8640 4014 8625 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 150119 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 919 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 INC011-063-107-150200- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060415T0200Z/ BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY- 919 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HENDRICKS...BOONE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 916 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEW ROSS AROUND 930 PM EDT... ADVANCE AROUND 935 PM EDT... JAMESTOWN AROUND 940 PM EDT... LIZTON AROUND 950 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 4022 8704 3998 8706 3979 8640 4014 8625 $$ KOCH
000 WWUS53 KIND 150138 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 938 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 INC011-063-107-150200- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060415T0200Z/ BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY- 938 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HENDRICKS...BOONE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 934 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PITTSBORO AROUND 945 PM EDT... WHITESTOWN AROUND 950 PM EDT... BROWNSBURG AROUND 955 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4022 8704 3998 8706 3979 8640 4014 8625 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 55 min |
| Apr 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 14 min |
| Apr 14, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 31 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.