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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2006Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 6:39 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 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: Mar 31, 2006, 6:39 PM EST (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2006, 7:01 PM EST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hendricks County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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
Mar 31, 6:40 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 W Brownsburg, IN
Mar 31, 6:42 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ne Danville, IN	24 INCH DIAMTER TRE AND ROOF SHEETING 90 DEGREES APART
Mar 31, 6:42 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ne Danville, IN	DEAD TREE 20 INCH DIAMETER DOWN

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
Mar 31, 3:43 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 312339
TORIND
INC063-010015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0006.060331T2339Z-060401T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
639 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 636 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  PITTSBORO...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY AROUND 650 PM EST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3985 8656 3975 8653 3976 8634 3992 8635

$$

NIELD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 010001
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
701 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

INC063-010011-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060401T0015Z/
HENDRICKS-
701 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3985 8656 3975 8653 3976 8634 3992 8635

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 5:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery	41 min
Mar 31, 5:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	26 min
Mar 31, 5:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	47 min
Mar 31, 5:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery	45 min
Mar 31, 5:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Putnam	40 min
Mar 31, 6:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	38 min
Mar 31, 6:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam, Vigo	65 min
Mar 31, 6:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	55 min
Mar 31, 6:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	33 min
Mar 31, 6:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan	59 min
Mar 31, 6:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	38 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.