Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 753
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Aug 26, 2006, 9:21 PM EDT for 48 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2006, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2006, 1:57 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 48 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, White County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 63 more | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 12:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clay and 42 more | 88 min |
| Aug 27, 1:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette and 21 more | 92 min |
| Aug 27, 1:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Jefferson, Jennings and 5 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.