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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 8:00 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 8:00 PM EST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 8:34 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:12 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 11 Ne Columbus, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 010100
TORIND
INC005-145-010145-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0009.060401T0100Z-060401T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
800 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 845 PM EST
* AT 757 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOPE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOPE AROUND 810 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 3941 8594 3934 8596 3928 8576 3936 8566
3950 8566
$$
NIELD1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIND 010134
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
834 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006
INC005-145-010144-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060401T0145Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-SHELBY-
834 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW AND SOUTHERN
SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3941 8594 3934 8596 3928 8576 3936 8566
3950 8566
$$
NIELDThe 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, 7:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Rush, Shelby | 28 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, 8:08 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.