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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 16, 2006Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 5:16 PM EDT for Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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 16, 2006, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clinton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 16, 5:38 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	E Michigantown, IN
Apr 16, 5:44 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Se Michigantown, IN

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 16, 2:39 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 162116
TORIND
INC023-162145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0041.060416T2116Z-060416T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
516 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MICHIGANTOWN...OR ABOUT NEAR FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MICHIGANTOWN AROUND 535 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 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4035 8650 4023 8647 4028 8628 4044 8628
      4040 8641

$$

PUMA

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 162129
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
528 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006

INC023-162145-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060416T2145Z/
CLINTON-
528 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
CLINTON COUNTY...

AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR MICHIGANTOWN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF 
FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A 
ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY AROUND 540 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 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4035 8650 4023 8647 4028 8628 4044 8628
      4040 8641

$$

PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 8:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe	38 min
Apr 16, 8:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	50 min
Apr 16, 9:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Putnam	40 min
Apr 16, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	47 min
Apr 16, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	43 min
Apr 16, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	31 min
Apr 16, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	45 min
Apr 16, 5:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	35 min
Apr 16, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	45 min
Apr 16, 7:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Sullivan	42 min
Apr 16, 7:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	43 min
Apr 16, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Knox	50 min
Apr 16, 7:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Sullivan	34 min
Apr 16, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	47 min
Apr 16, 7:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	64 min
Apr 16, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	48 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.