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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2006Hancock County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 7:43 PM EST for Hancock County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
Mar 31, 2006, 7:43 PM EST (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2006, 8:11 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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
Mar 31, 7:44 PM ESTTORNADOMorristown, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 3:43 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 010042
TORIND
INC059-139-145-010130-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0008.060401T0043Z-060401T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
743 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 740 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MORRISTOWN AROUND 750 PM EST...
  CARTHAGE AROUND 800 PM EST...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3969 8588 3962 8585 3960 8546 3979 8556

$$

NIELD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 010048
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
748 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

INC059-139-145-010130-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060401T0130Z/
HANCOCK-RUSH-SHELBY-
748 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN SHELBY...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK
COUNTIES...

AT 744 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARTHAGE AROUND 800 PM EST...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3969 8588 3962 8585 3960 8546 3979 8556

$$

NIELD
000 
WWUS53 KIND 010111
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
811 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

INC059-139-145-010121-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060401T0130Z/
HANCOCK-RUSH-SHELBY-
811 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHELBY...NORTHWESTERN RUSH
AND SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3969 8588 3962 8585 3960 8546 3979 8556

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 7:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan67 min
Mar 31, 7:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock49 min
Mar 31, 7:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison47 min
Mar 31, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen18 min
Mar 31, 7:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby66 min
Mar 31, 7:26 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Shelby49 min
Mar 31, 7:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush50 min
Mar 31, 7:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Shelby45 min
Mar 31, 7:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph44 min
Mar 31, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Shelby34 min
Mar 31, 8:08 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Monroe36 min
Mar 31, 8:14 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Martin46 min
Mar 31, 8:19 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush24 min
Mar 31, 8:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Greene, Jackson, Jennings and 4 more54 min
Mar 31, 8:42 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson, Jennings48 min
Mar 31, 9:22 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJennings23 min
Mar 31, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin24 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.