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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 25, 2006Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2006, 3:12 PM EDT for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 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 25, 2006, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 3:13 PM EDTTORNADO10 Sw Lafayette, IN1 SOUTH OF ODELL

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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2006-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2006-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 251912
TORIND
INC157-252015-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0063.060625T1912Z-060625T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
312 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 310 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SHADELAND...OR
  ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARKS HILL AROUND 410 PM EDT...
  LAFAYETTE AROUND 415 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 4027 8708 4023 8673 4051 8670 4052 8694

$$
SALLY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 251942
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
340 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

INC157-252015-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-060625T2015Z/
TIPPECANOE-
340 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
TIPPECANOE COUNTY...

AT 336 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO THAT IS BRIEFLY 
TOUCHING DOWN.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHADELAND...OR ABOUT 9 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO 
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ODELL AROUND 400 PM EDT...
  SHADELAND AROUND 410 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 4027 8708 4023 8673 4051 8670 4052 8694

$$
SALLY
000 
WWUS53 KIND 252011
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

INC157-252021-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-060625T2015Z/
TIPPECANOE-
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS AWAITING REPORTS OF DAMAGE 
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO.  

LAT...LON 4027 8708 4023 8673 4051 8670 4052 8694

$$
SALLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDTippecanoe114 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.