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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 7:56 PM EDT for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 min. 4 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, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8:22 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 W Rockville, IN | SHERIFF DEPUTY OBSERVING FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN MECCA AND MONTEZUMA |
| Apr 16, 8:41 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Montezuma, IN | |
| Apr 16, 8:42 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 W Rockville, IN | FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING NE |
| Apr 16, 8:47 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 W Rockville, IN | PUBLIC RPT OF TORNADO BETWEEN MONTEZUMA AND ROCKVILLE |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 162356 TORIND INC121-165-170100- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0047.060416T2356Z-060417T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 756 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF FAIRVIEW PARK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FAIRVIEW PARK AROUND 805 PM EDT... MECCA AROUND 815 PM EDT... ROCKVILLE AROUND 830 PM EDT... MARSHALL AROUND 835 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. LAT...LON 3979 8754 3963 8753 3970 8709 3996 8711 $$ KOCH
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 170011 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 811 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC121-165-170100- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060417T0100Z/ PARKE-VERMILLION- 811 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM CDT) FOR PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES... AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW PARK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MECCA AROUND 820 PM EDT... BLOOMINGDALE AROUND 835 PM EDT... MARSHALL AROUND 840 PM EDT... JUDSON AROUND 845 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING(900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING) FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3979 8754 3963 8753 3970 8709 3996 8711 $$ KOCH
000 WWUS53 KIND 170021 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 821 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC121-165-170100- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060417T0100Z/ PARKE-VERMILLION- 821 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM CDT) FOR PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES... AT 815 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTEZUMA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLOOMINGDALE AROUND 830 PM EDT... MARSHALL AROUND 835 PM EDT... JUDSON AROUND 840 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(900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING) FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3979 8754 3963 8753 3970 8709 3996 8711 $$ KOCH
000 WWUS53 KIND 170035 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 835 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC121-165-170100- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060417T0100Z/ PARKE-VERMILLION- 835 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM CDT) FOR PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES... AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARSHALL...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ALONG STATE ROAD 63 NORTH OF CLINTON NEAR THE ELI LILLY PLANT. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY AROUND 850 PM EDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING(900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING) FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3979 8754 3963 8753 3970 8709 3996 8711 $$ KOCH
000 WWUS53 KIND 170057 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 856 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC121-165-170106- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060417T0100Z/ PARKE-VERMILLION- 856 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 900 PM EDT(800 PM CDT)... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW LIMITS...AND THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING(900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING) FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3979 8754 3963 8753 3970 8709 3996 8711 $$ KOCH
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, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 29 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, 7:57 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.