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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 28, 2006Henry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2006, 8:32 PM EDT for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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: Aug 28, 2006, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 28, 8:12 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 290032
TORIND
INC065-290100-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0067.060829T0032Z-060829T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
832 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STRAUGHN...
  OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 133.

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 3987 8530 3979 8530 3979 8523 3987 8522
      3988 8521 3989 8520 3988 8524

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 290041
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
840 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

INC065-290100-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-060829T0100Z/
HENRY-
840 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY...

AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN EXTREME 
NORTHEAST RUSH COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME 
NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE 
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HENRY
COUNTY.

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 3987 8530 3979 8530 3979 8523 3987 8522
      3988 8521 3989 8520 3988 8524

$$

PUMA

000 
WWUS53 KIND 290059
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
859 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

INC065-290109-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-060829T0100Z/
HENRY-
859 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900
PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED 
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3987 8530 3979 8530 3979 8523 3987 8522
      3988 8521 3989 8520 3988 8524

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 8:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.