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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2006, 6:42 PM EDT for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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 19, 2006, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2006, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 19, 6:44 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Anderson, IN | AT EOC |
| Jun 19, 6:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Anderson, IN | |
| Jun 19, 6:54 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Anderson, IN | SR 236 AND 200 E |
| Jun 19, 6:58 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Se Anderson, IN | |
| Jun 19, 7:08 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 6 E Pendleton, IN |
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 19, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 192242 TORIND INC095-192315- /O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0062.060619T2242Z-060619T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 642 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EDGEWOOD... OR ABOUT NEAR ANDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MARKLEVILLE AROUND 655 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 4019 8586 4003 8587 3995 8559 4014 8559 $$ DRT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 192301 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 700 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 INC095-192315- /O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-060619T2315Z/ MADISON- 700 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY... AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND SOME ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARKLEVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4019 8586 4003 8587 3995 8559 4014 8559 $$ DRT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 19 min |
| Jun 19, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 15 min |
| Jun 19, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 20 min |
| Jun 19, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 16 min |
| Jun 19, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen, Putnam | 15 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.