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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2006, 7:05 PM EDT for Boone County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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 18, 2006, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Boone County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 W Jamestown, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 182305 TORIND INC011-107-182345- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0060.060618T2305Z-060618T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LADOGA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEW ROSS AROUND 715 PM EDT... ADVANCE AROUND 740 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 3998 8688 3989 8679 3994 8662 4007 8663 $$ CO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 182321 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 720 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 INC011-107-182345- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-060618T2345Z/ BOONE-MONTGOMERY- 720 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW ROSS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ADVANCE AROUND 735 PM EDT... TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM NORTH OF LADOGA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3998 8688 3989 8679 3994 8662 4007 8663 $$
000 WWUS53 KIND 182346 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 746 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 INC011-107-182356- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-060618T2345Z/ BOONE-MONTGOMERY- 746 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 745 PM EDT... THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3998 8688 3989 8679 3994 8662 4007 8663 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Tipton | 52 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.