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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 18, 2006Boone County, Indiana

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2006-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen35 min
Jun 17, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe38 min
Jun 17, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Shelby28 min
Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke43 min
Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Putnam42 min
Jun 18, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery46 min
Jun 18, 7:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion2 hr
Jun 18, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Montgomery40 min
Jun 18, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Tipton52 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.