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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 3:06 PM CDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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 25, 2006, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2006, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Vincennes, IN | TREES DOWN |
| May 25, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Washington, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 252006 TORIND INC027-083-252045- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0057.060525T2006Z-060525T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 306 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DECKER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MONROE CITY AROUND 325 PM CDT... WHEATLAND AROUND 330 PM CDT... WASHINGTON AROUND 340 PM CDT... MONTGOMERY AROUND 345 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. LAT...LON 3867 8764 3849 8764 3856 8700 3881 8702 $$ JEH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 41 min |
| May 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 52 min |
| May 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 27 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene | 48 min |
| May 24, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Martin | 31 min |
| May 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 44 min |
| May 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 47 min |
| May 25, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 25, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 47 min |
| May 25, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson | 39 min |
| May 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 16 min |
| May 25, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 41 min |
| May 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 42 min |
| May 25, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 49 min |
| May 25, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 45 min |
| May 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 51 min |
| May 25, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 23 min |
| May 25, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Lawrence, Martin | 34 min |
| May 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Tipton | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 30 min |
| May 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 21 min |
| May 25, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 27 min |
| May 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Shelby | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Putnam and 1 more | 55 min |
| May 25, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 37 min |
| May 25, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 17 min |
| May 25, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 17 min |
| May 25, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 34 min |
| May 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 35 min |
| May 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 26 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.