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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 9, 2006Bartholomew County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox34 min
Mar 9, 5:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings14 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.