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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 6:25 PM CDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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 16, 2006, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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, 6:57 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 6 N Bicknell, IN | MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT FREELANDVILLE |
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, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 162325 TORIND INC083-170015- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0045.060416T2325Z-060417T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROBINSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RUSSELLVILLE AROUND 640 PM CDT... OAKTOWN AROUND 645 PM CDT... BICKNELL AROUND 700 PM CDT... 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 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3889 8755 3881 8753 3875 8727 3891 8727 $$ PUMA
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 162350 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC083-170015- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-060417T0015Z/ KNOX- 650 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY... AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKTOWN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY AROUND 700 PM CDT RURAL EASTERN KNOX COUNTY AROUND 710 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3889 8749 3885 8747 3875 8727 3891 8727 $$ PUMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 48 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.