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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 2006Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 3:12 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Vincennes, INTREES DOWN
May 25, 3:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 1:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan41 min
May 24, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox, Sullivan52 min
May 24, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan27 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene48 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Martin31 min
May 24, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence33 min
May 25, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo44 min
May 25, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan47 min
May 25, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Rush, Shelby42 min
May 25, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan48 min
May 25, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry47 min
May 25, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson39 min
May 25, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox48 min
May 25, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby16 min
May 25, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph41 min
May 25, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush42 min
May 25, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe38 min
May 25, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen49 min
May 25, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Shelby45 min
May 25, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe51 min
May 25, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion23 min
May 25, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin34 min
May 25, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Tipton46 min
May 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan30 min
May 25, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush21 min
May 25, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam27 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Shelby39 min
May 25, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Putnam and 1 more55 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings38 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph37 min
May 25, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry17 min
May 25, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam17 min
May 25, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen34 min
May 25, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan35 min
May 25, 6:19 PM CDTSevere 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.