Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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 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.
- 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
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.