Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2006, 6:54 PM EDT for Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 7, 2006, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2006, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:57 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 W North Vernon, IN | TREES AND LIMBS DOWN |
| Jun 7, 7:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 13 W North Vernon, IN | TREES DOWN ACROSS HIWAY 50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 072254 TORIND INC071-079-072330- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0059.060607T2254Z-060607T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 654 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WESTERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO OVER WEST CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY AROUND 710 PM EDT RURAL SOUTHWESTERN JENNINGS COUNTY AROUND 720 PM EDT 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 3912 8569 3905 8590 3880 8581 3888 8559 $$ HAINES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 072306 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 704 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 INC071-079-072330- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-060607T2330Z/ JACKSON-JENNINGS- 704 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN JENNINGS COUNTIES... AT 701 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN JENNINGS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3912 8569 3905 8590 3880 8581 3888 8559 $$ HAINES
000 WWUS53 KIND 072330 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 730 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 INC071-079-072340- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-060607T2330Z/ JACKSON-JENNINGS- 730 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN JENNINGS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 730 PM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA. LAT...LON 3912 8569 3905 8590 3880 8581 3888 8559 $$ HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 19 min |
| Jun 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 35 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.