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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2006, 7:14 PM CDT for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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
- May 10, 2006, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Martin County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 110014
TORIND
INC101-110100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0052.060511T0014Z-060511T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
714 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTH
OF SHOALS...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF PETERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHOALS AROUND 755 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 3850 8692 3853 8680 3852 8670 3867 8669
3882 8670 3868 8682
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIND 110034
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
833 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006
INC101-110100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060511T0100Z/
MARTIN-
733 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF SHOALS...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF
PETERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHOALS AROUND 750 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 3850 8692 3853 8680 3852 8670 3867 8669
3882 8670 3868 8682
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 118 min |
| May 10, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 33 min |
| May 11, 2:55 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton and 14 more | 8 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.