Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2006, 5:42 PM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 5:42 PM EST (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:46 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Se Walton, IN | |
| Mar 31, 5:46 PM EST | HAIL 1 | 8 Sw Peru, 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, 2:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIWX 312243 SVRIWX INC017-103-312315- /O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0021.060331T2242Z-060331T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 542 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 540 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRISSOM AFB...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... PERU... BENNETTS SWITCH... BUNKER HILL... AMBOY... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4068 8638 4058 8638 4059 8587 4086 8594 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIWX 312248 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 547 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 INC017-103-312315- /O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060331T2315Z/ MIAMI IN-CASS IN- 547 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTIES... AT 544 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRISSOM AFB...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN LINCOLN AT 546 PM EST. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... BENNETTS SWITCH... AMBOY... CONVERSE... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4068 8638 4058 8638 4059 8587 4086 8594 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:18 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:36 PM EST | High Wind Warning | IWX | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.