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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 6:57 PM CDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 16, 2006, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 162357 TORIND INC027-083-170045- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0048.060416T2357Z-060417T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 657 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 653 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8 MILES WEST OF SANDBORN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SANDBORN AROUND 710 PM CDT... ELNORA AROUND 720 PM CDT... ODON AROUND 730 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 3890 8725 3880 8725 3875 8699 3890 8688 $$ PUMA
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 170019 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 819 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC027-083-170045- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-060417T0045Z/ DAVIESS-KNOX- 719 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTIES... AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELNORA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ODON AROUND 725 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3890 8717 3881 8721 3875 8699 3890 8688 $$ PUMA
000 WWUS53 KIND 170034 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 834 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC027-170045- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-060417T0045Z/ DAVIESS- 734 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY... AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ODON...OR ABOUT 28 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 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 3890 8707 3882 8709 3881 8693 3890 8688 $$ PUMA
000 WWUS53 KIND 170043 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 843 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC027-170053- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-060417T0045Z/ DAVIESS- 743 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT... THE ROTATION WITHIN THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3890 8707 3882 8709 3881 8693 3890 8688 $$ 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, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 50 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 |
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.