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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2006, 7:34 PM EDT for Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2006, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Terre Haute, IN | HEALTHY 6 INCH TREE DOWN AT 16TH AND LUCUS. |
| May 24, 8:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Terre Haute, IN | WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ON 2ND FLOOR OF BUILDING AT US 40 AND 9TH STREET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 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 242334 TORIND INC167-250000- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0055.060524T2334Z-060525T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 734 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TERRE HAUTE * UNTIL 800 PM EDT(700 PM CDT) * AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST TERRE HAUTE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RILEY AROUND 740 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. LAT...LON 3949 8753 3927 8756 3928 8726 3954 8727 $$ CO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 242341 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 741 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2006 INC167-250000- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-060525T0000Z/ VIGO- 741 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT(700 PM CDT) FOR VIGO COUNTY... AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TERRE HAUTE... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3949 8753 3927 8756 3928 8726 3954 8727 $$ CO
000 WWUS53 KIND 242353 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 753 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2006 INC167-250003- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-060525T0000Z/ VIGO- 753 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VIGO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 PM EDT(700 PM CDT)... THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3949 8753 3927 8756 3928 8726 3954 8727 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 54 min |
| May 24, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 41 min |
| May 24, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 44 min |
| May 24, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.