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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 7:27 PM CDT for 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, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 170028 TORIND INC083-170115- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0050.060417T0027Z-060417T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 827 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF OAKTOWN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OAKTOWN AROUND 835 PM EDT... EDWARDSPORT AROUND 845 PM EDT... SANDBORN 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 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3890 8750 3871 8750 3868 8728 3889 8718 $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 170100 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 900 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INC083-170115- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060417T0115Z/ KNOX- 800 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY... AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BICKNELL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EDWARDSPORT AROUND 805 PM CDT... SANDBORN AROUND 810 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3890 8750 3871 8750 3868 8728 3889 8718 $$ PUMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin, Sullivan | 4 hr |
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.