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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 2006Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2006, 8:41 PM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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 26, 2006, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2006, 9:07 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2006-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3636 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
3636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
22.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIND 270041
TORIND
INC171-270115-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0065.060727T0041Z-060727T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
841 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT(815 PM CDT)

* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
  PINE VILLAGE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...MOVING      
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE VILLAGE AROUND 905 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 4048 8769 4031 8761 4038 8711 4048 8710

$$
DRT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 270052
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
851 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

INC171-270115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-060727T0115Z/
WARREN-
851 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN 
WARREN COUNTY...

AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF PINE 
VILLAGE...NEAR RAINVILLE...MOVINGING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE VILLAGE AROUND 910 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 4048 8769 4031 8761 4038 8711 4048 8710

$$
DRT
000 
WWUS53 KIND 270107
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
906 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

INC171-270116-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-060727T0115Z/
WARREN-
906 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED NORTH INTO 
BENTON COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4048 8769 4031 8761 4038 8711 4048 8710

$$
DRT

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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.