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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 10, 2006Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2006, 7:53 PM CDT for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2006, 8:26 PM CDT
In force: 33 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 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 0.9 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIND 110053
TORIND
INC101-110145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0053.060511T0053Z-060511T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
753 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 845 PM CDT

* AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF SHOALS...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF PETERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SHOALS AROUND 810 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.

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.

LAT...LON 3850 8692 3853 8680 3852 8670 3867 8669
      3882 8670 3868 8682

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 110105
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
905 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

INC101-110145-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060511T0145Z/
MARTIN-
805 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF SHOALS...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SHOALS AROUND 810 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.

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.

LAT...LON 3850 8692 3853 8680 3852 8670 3867 8669
      3882 8670 3868 8682

$$

PUMA

000 
WWUS53 KIND 110126
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
925 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

INC101-110135-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060511T0145Z/
MARTIN-
825 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS DECREASED IN 
INTENSITY AND HAS EXITED THE MARTIN COUNTY. THEREFORE THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3850 8692 3853 8680 3852 8670 3867 8669
      3882 8670 3868 8682

$$

PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Martin	46 min
May 10, 7:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	118 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.