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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 5:59 PM EDT for Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 6, 2008, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 062159
TORIND
INC045-121-165-062230-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0024.080606T2159Z-080606T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
559 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT/530 PM CDT/
* AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
EDGAR COUNTY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DANA BY 605 PM EDT...
MONTEZUMA BY 610 PM EDT...
BLOOMINGDALE BY 615 PM EDT...
MARSHALL BY 620 PM EDT...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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 4001 8714 3992 8710 3988 8710 3988 8708
3984 8706 3966 8706 3962 8753 3986 8754
3992 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 255DEG 62KT 3976 8764
$$
CO2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 062211
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
611 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
INC045-121-165-062230-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080606T2230Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
611 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT/530 PM CDT/
FOR PARKE...SOUTHERN VERMILLION AND SOUTH CENTRAL FOUNTAIN
COUNTIES...
AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTEZUMA...OR 20
MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARSHALL BY 620 PM EDT...
WALLACE BY 625 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4001 8714 3992 8710 3988 8710 3988 8708
3984 8706 3966 8706 3962 8753 3986 8754
3992 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 255DEG 62KT 3981 8738
$$
CO000
WWUS53 KIND 062232
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
632 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
INC045-121-165-062242-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080606T2230Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
632 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PARKE...SOUTHERN VERMILLION AND SOUTH
CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
LAT...LON 4001 8714 3992 8710 3988 8710 3988 8708
3984 8706 3966 8706 3962 8753 3986 8754
3992 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 255DEG 62KT 4048 13453
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 15 days |
| Jun 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hendricks, Howard | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard | 15 min |
| Jun 6, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Marion, Tipton | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Sullivan and 1 more | 56 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.