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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 22, 2006Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2006, 12:37 AM EDT for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 22, 2006, 12:37 AM EDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2006, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -128 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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 220436
TORIND
INC071-220515-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0064.060722T0437Z-060722T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1237 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1235 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SEYMOUR AROUND 1255 AM 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 3900 8616 3893 8615 3890 8580 3905 8582

$$

KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 220456
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1256 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

INC071-220515-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-060722T0515Z/
JACKSON-
1256 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 1252 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEYMOUR...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 3900 8616 3893 8615 3890 8580 3905 8582

$$

KOCH
000 
WWUS53 KIND 220507
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
106 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

INC071-220516-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-060722T0515Z/
JACKSON-
106 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 115
AM EDT...

THE MOST SEVERE PART OF THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA 
AND WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 3900 8616 3893 8615 3890 8580 3905 8582

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.