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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20064 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 3:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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 25, 2006, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, IN, Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 3:29 PM EDTHAIL 1.756 E Farmersburg, INRPT IN TOWN OF LEWIS
May 25, 3:35 PM EDTHAIL 1.751 Nw Jasonville, IN
May 25, 4:05 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD6 S Clay City, IN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 2:34 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 251927
TORIND
INC021-055-119-153-252015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0056.060525T1927Z-060525T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
327 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  JASONVILLE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAY CITY AROUND 340 PM EDT...
  WORTHINGTON AROUND 350 PM EDT...
  SPENCER AROUND 415 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 3924 8735 3906 8730 3913 8674 3938 8673

$$

JEH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 251953
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
352 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

INC021-055-119-153-252015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-060525T2015Z/
CLAY-GREENE-OWEN-SULLIVAN-
352 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
GREENE...NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...SOUTHERN OWEN AND SOUTHWESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES...

AT 349 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 1 
MILE NORTH OF FARMERSBURG AT 326 PM EDT.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SPENCER AROUND 415 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 3924 8735 3906 8730 3913 8674 3938 8673

$$
JEH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan41 min
May 24, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox, Sullivan52 min
May 24, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan27 min
May 24, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene48 min
May 24, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Martin31 min
May 24, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence33 min
May 25, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo44 min
May 25, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan47 min
May 25, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Rush, Shelby42 min
May 25, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry47 min
May 25, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson39 min
May 25, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox48 min
May 25, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby16 min
May 25, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph41 min
May 25, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush42 min
May 25, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox39 min
May 25, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe38 min
May 25, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen49 min
May 25, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Shelby45 min
May 25, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe51 min
May 25, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion23 min
May 25, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin34 min
May 25, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Tipton46 min
May 25, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan30 min
May 25, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush21 min
May 25, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam27 min
May 25, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Shelby39 min
May 25, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Putnam and 1 more55 min
May 25, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings38 min
May 25, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph37 min
May 25, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry17 min
May 25, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam17 min
May 25, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen34 min
May 25, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan35 min
May 25, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen26 min

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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.