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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

April 14, 2006White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2006, 9:42 PM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 14, 2006, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2006, 10:09 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 14, 9:42 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	3.5 S Wolcott, IN
Apr 14, 9:52 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	5 Wnw Brookston, 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
Apr 14, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 2079 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 13.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIWX 150142
TORIWX
INC181-150245-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0004.060415T0142Z-060415T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
942 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 940 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
  LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKSTON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF
  MONTICELLO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  BROOKSTON...
  CHALMERS...
  ASH GROVE...


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.

LAT...LON 4076 8710 4064 8710 4058 8709 4058 8678
      4069 8678

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 150154
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
953 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

INC181-150245-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060415T0245Z/
WHITE IN-
953 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY...

AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHALMERS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
BROOKSTON...ASH GROVE...AND INTERSTATE 65 SOUTH OF MILE MARKER 193. 

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.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

LAT...LON 4073 8700 4065 8706 4059 8701 4058 8678
      4069 8678

$$

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 150209
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1008 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

INC181-150218-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060415T0245Z/
WHITE IN-
1008 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 1006 PM EDT...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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PM EDT 
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

LAT...LON 4076 8710 4064 8710 4058 8709 4058 8678
      4069 8678

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wabash	34 min
Apr 14, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton, Pulaski	43 min
Apr 14, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	34 min
Apr 14, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash	47 min
Apr 14, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Miami, Wabash	57 min
Apr 14, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Pulaski, White	47 min
Apr 14, 9:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Whitley	40 min
Apr 14, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	38 min
Apr 14, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass	26 min
Apr 14, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	56 min
Apr 14, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	26 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.