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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:44 PM EST | TORNADO | Morristown, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 18 min |
| Mar 31, 7:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 7:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 8:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 8:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Greene, Jackson, Jennings and 4 more | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 8:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 9:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.