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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2006, 5:06 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 11 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
- Mar 9, 2006, 5:06 PM EST (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2006, 5:17 PM EST
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bartholomew County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 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 092206 TORIND INC005-092230- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0004.060309T2206Z-060309T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 506 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 530 PM EST * AT 502 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY AROUND 520 PM EST 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. LAT...LON 3913 8589 3909 8582 3914 8570 3925 8571 $$ CO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 092217 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 517 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 INC005-092227- /O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T2230Z/ BARTHOLOMEW- 517 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3913 8589 3909 8582 3914 8570 3925 8571 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.