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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

March 13, 2006Pulaski County, White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 12:55 AM EST for Pulaski County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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: Mar 13, 2006, 12:55 AM EST (05:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 1:45 AM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pulaski County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 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
Mar 13, 12:23 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 130557
TORIWX
INC131-181-130645-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0002.060313T0555Z-060313T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1255 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 145 AM EST

* AT 1154 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF FRANCESVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF
  RENSSELAER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  MONON...
  FRANCESVILLE...
  MEDARYVILLE...
  WINAMAC...
  STAR CITY...

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. THIS HAS STORM 
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LONG TRACK TORNADOES THROUGH ILLINOIS.

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 4084 8711 4068 8710 4098 8647 4118 8648
      4118 8666 4112 8692 4092 8694 4092 8698
      4084 8700

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 130628
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
126 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

INC181-130636-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T0645Z/
WHITE IN-
126 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR...
  WHITE COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 124 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 700 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
INDIANA AND MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4092 8684 4095 8676 4101 8648 4118 8648
      4118 8666 4112 8692 4097 8692 4099 8692
      4091 8693

$$

INC131-130645-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T0645Z/
PULASKI IN-
126 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EST FOR...

  PULASKI COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 124 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANCESVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 
MILES WEST OF WINAMAC...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM 
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL 
ILLINOIS. 

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  WINAMAC...
  MONTEREY...
  LAWTON...
  TIPPECANOE RIVER STATE PARK...

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 YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4092 8684 4095 8676 4101 8648 4118 8648
      4118 8666 4112 8692 4097 8692 4099 8692
      4091 8693

$$

HITCHCOCK

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 130647
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
146 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

INC131-130656-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T0645Z/
PULASKI IN-
146 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 145 AM EST
FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN INDIANA

AT 145 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA AND WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

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 700 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
INDIANA AND MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4092 8684 4095 8676 4101 8648 4118 8648
      4118 8666 4112 8692 4097 8692 4099 8692
      4091 8693

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 2:15 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	IWX		60 min
Mar 13, 3:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	32 min
Mar 13, 3:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart	38 min
Mar 13, 3:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	45 min
Mar 13, 4:21 AM EST	Wind Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more	21 hr
Mar 13, 5:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko	30 min
Mar 13, 8:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski	23 min
Mar 13, 8:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Starke	28 min
Mar 13, 8:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Marshall	18 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.