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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 8:07 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 170007 TORIND INC153-170045- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0049.060417T0007Z-060417T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 807 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF MEROM...OR ABOUT NEAR ROBINSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MEROM AROUND 815 PM EDT... SULLIVAN AROUND 825 PM EDT... CARLISLE AROUND 830 PM EDT... DUGGER 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 FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3913 8761 3891 8751 3891 8726 3913 8726 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 8:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 9:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin, Sullivan | 4 hr |
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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.