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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2006, 7:27 PM EDT for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2006, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Boone County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 18, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 182327 TORIND INC011-190015- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0061.060618T2327Z-060619T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 727 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF LEBANON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ULEN 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 4011 8663 3995 8661 4000 8636 4018 8640 $$ CO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 182350 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 INC011-190015- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-060619T0015Z/ BOONE- 750 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY... AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ULEN AROUND 750 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4011 8663 3995 8661 4000 8636 4018 8640 $$
000 WWUS53 KIND 190015 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 815 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 INC011-190025- /O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-060619T0015Z/ BOONE- 815 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 815 PM EDT... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LAT...LON 4011 8663 3995 8661 4000 8636 4018 8640 $$
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, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.