November 15th, 2005 Tornado Outbreak

5 years ago, on this date, an EF3 tornado tore through my county, causing major damage.

The tornado destroyed at least 64 homes and damaged at least 70 more along the US 150 corridor in Washington, Cannelburg and Loogootee. Up to 200 employees were trapped at K&K Industries in Montgomery, but they were all accounted for.

The path of the tornado was 12 miles ling, and it was 3/4 mile wide in some spots. Surprisingly, no one was critically injured or killed from this tornado.

 SPC AC 151950
      DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0150 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
      VALID 152000Z - 161200Z
      THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM POF 20
   NW SLO 20 WNW DNV 40 SSE SBN 35 ENE FWA 30 SSE DAY 30 SE BWG 15 E
   MSL 40 SSW CBM 30 SSE GLH PBF POF.
      THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM BLV 30
   NE BMI 20 S CGX 20 NE BEH 20 E FNT 35 NE CLE 40 WSW UNI 35 NE HSV 25
   ENE MEI 10 SE PIB 40 SSW PIB 40 NNW BTR 30 NE IER 10 ESE ELD 20 N
   ARG BLV.
      THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 NW
   ROC LBE BLF LGC 30 SE MOB 40 SW BVE ...CONT... 30 S GLS 30 NNW PSX
   55 SSW CLL 15 SSE CLL 10 NW LFK 15 E SHV LIT SPI 25 WNW MMO 30 E JVL
   10 ENE MBL 65 E APN.
      GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NW LRD 35 NNW LFK
   30 SSE TXK 30 WSW BVX 20 WNW SPI 35 NW BRL 10 ESE VOK 40 SSW ESC 35
   NNW PLN 15 E ANJ ...CONT... 50 NNE ROC 50 E BFD HGR 20 S DCA 35 S
   NHK 25 ENE EWN 10 NNE ILM FLO CAE 40 WSW AGS 35 ENE ABY 35 SSE AAF.
      ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF ERN AR...NRN
   MS...WRN TN...SERN MO...SRN IL...IN...SWRN OH AND WRN KY...
      ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AREA
   SWWD TO THE LOWER MS VALLEY...
      ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM LOWER MI AND THE WRN
   SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS TO THE WRN GULF COAST...
      ...E TX/LWR MS VLY NEWD INTO OH VLY/LWR GRT LKS...
   SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED NEAR STL AT 19Z AND MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN
   DEEPENING AND LIFTING THIS SYSTEM RAPIDLY NEWD TO NEAR CHI BY
   00Z...AND THEN INTO SRN ONTARIO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WARM
   FRONT EXTENDS EWD FROM THE LOW ACROSS SRN IL/IN INTO OH AND WILL
   LIFT NWD TONIGHT...WHILE A TRAILING COLD FRONT...FROM ERN MO SWWD
   INTO ERN/SRN TX...RACES EWD THROUGH THE OHIO/TN AND LOWER MS
   VALLEYS.
      IN THE WARM SECTOR...A RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER IS
   PRESENT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S
   TO MID 60S. AN INTENSE SHORTWAVE TROUGH NEAR THE KS/OK BORDER IS
   FORECAST TO MOVE NEWD INTO MO THIS EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY A  110
   KT MID LEVEL JET MAX. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE UPPER TROUGH TO BECOME
   NEGATIVELY TITLED AND STRENGTHEN THE UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ACROSS
   THE MODERATE AND HIGH RISK AREAS. SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS...SOME
   TORNADIC...WERE ONGOING FROM ERN MO/IL SWWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY
   AND SHOULD STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL DIABATIC
   HEATING AND THE STRENGTHENING DIFFLUENCE ALOFT. VERY STRONG DEEP
   LAYER SHEAR AND MLCAPES FROM  1000-1500 J/KG SHOULD FAVOR NUMEROUS
   SUPERCELLS WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER
   AND 1KM SHEAR FROM 25-40 KT INDICATES TORNADOES ARE ALSO
   LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM NERN AR/WRN TN NEWD INTO THE OH VALLEY THIS
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRENGTH OF THE FORCING/ENVIRONMENTAL
   WINDS...THE QUALITY OF THE BOUNDARY AND VERY STRONG PRESSURE
   FALLS...SUGGEST THAT LONG TRACK AND STRONG TORNADOES ARE ALSO LIKELY
   THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...REFER TO TORNADO
   WATCHES...864...865...866 AND 867.
      AS THE LOW LIFTS NWD THIS EVENING...THE WARM SECTOR WILL SPREAD INTO
   THE NRN HALF OF THE OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES AREA...WITH A
   CONTINUED THREAT FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.
      OTHER POTENTIALLY TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
   AND TONIGHT ALONG PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE BANDS AHEAD OF THE COLD
   FRONT ACROSS SERN TX/LA/ERN AR AND MS. LONG AND SLIGHTLY CURVED
   HODOGRAPHS PLUS LACK OF STRONG LINEAR ASCENT MAY ALSO RESULT IN
   SUPERCELLS WITH LONG TRACK TORNADOES. ENVIRONMENT SHOULD ALSO
   SUPPORT SMALL SCALE LEWPS/BOWS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
      WHILE THE MS/OH VLY STORMS SHOULD EVENTUALLY CONSOLIDATE INTO
   SEVERAL BROKEN SEGMENTS/SQUALL LINES WITH EMBEDDED LEWPS/BOWS    TONIGHT...STRENGTH OF SHEAR AND FORCING SUGGEST THE STORMS MAY
   REMAIN SOMEWHAT DISCRETE. AS A RESULT...DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH
   ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REACH AS FAR EAST AS THE UPR OH VLY AND THE
   WRN SLOPES OF THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS BY 12Z WEDNESDAY.
      ..IMY.. 11/15/2005
      ...NOTICE...
   THE STATION RELATIVE POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT ARE NOW AVAILABLE
   SEPARATELY UNDER THE WMO HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...
   WUUS02 PTSDY2...WUUS03 PTSDY3.  THE INCLUSION OF POINTS
   IN THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE DISCONTINUED AFTER THE 2005
   CONVECTIVE SEASON.  A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION STATEMENT (PNS)
   WILL PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE TRANSITION.
      CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT

   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0100Z




 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2431
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0132 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
      AREAS AFFECTED...SRN IL...CNTRL/SRN IND...WCNTRL/SWRN OH...NWRN
   KY...NWRN TN
      CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL       VALID 151932Z - 152100Z
      THERE WILL BE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES ACROSS THE OH
   VLY REGION FROM SRN IL/NWRN TN EWD INTO CNTRL/SRN IND... WCNTRL/SWRN
   OH AND NWRN KY.  TORNADO WATCH WILL BE NEEDED DOWNSTREAM OF WWS
   865/866 BY 21Z.
      A 999 MB LOW WAS LOCATED JUST NE OF KSTL AT 19Z.  THE WARM FRONT HAS
   JUMPED TO THE I-70 CORRIDOR IN INDIANA AND IS MOVING INTO WCNTRL OH
   ATTM.  BOUNDARY LAYER HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ALONG/S OF
   THE FRONT WITH MUCAPE OF 1000-2000 J/KG NOSING NWD INTO THE OH/TN
   VLYS.  PRESSURE FALLS HAVE ALSO BEEN INCREASING WITHIN THE WARM
   SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VLY.       PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF TSTMS INTENSIFIED FROM SRN IL INTO WRN TN AS IT
   MOVED INTO THE INSTABILITY AXIS WITH NUMEROUS DISCRETE SUPERCELLS
   NOTED. OVERLAY OF 18Z RAOB DATA AND RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE
   STRONGEST CROSS-OVER BETWEEN SLY H85 WINDS AND THE WSWLY H5 WINDS
   EXISTS ACROSS SRN IND/NWRN KY/SWRN OH AT MID-AFTN.  LATEST VWP FROM
   PAH/EVANSVILLE/WILMINGTON OHIO SHOWS IMPRESSIVE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR
   PROFILES /0-1KM SHEAR 35+ KTS/ AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW BACKS
   WITHIN SERN QUADRANT OF THE SFC LOW/PRESSURE FALL AXIS.  DISCRETE
   SUPERCELLS AND MIXED MODES OF LINE SEGMENTS/ DISCRETE CELLS WILL
   REMAIN LIKELY DOWNSTREAM INTO SRN IND...NWRN KY...WRN TN AND
   SWRN/WCNTRL OH WITH A HIGH PROBABILITY OF STRONG TORNADOES AND
   DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
      ..RACY.. 11/15/2005
         ATTN...WFO...ILN...LMK...IWX...OHX...IND...PAH...ILX...MEG...LSX...
      38558996 40028708 40408473 40348310 39938280 39028337
   37958471 35918786 35958934 37258918

SEL8
      URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 868...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   315 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
      CORRECTED FOR ADDITION OF PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WORDING
      THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF              CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
          CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          WESTERN OHIO
      EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EST.
      ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
      DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
   THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
   POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
      THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE INDIANA TO
   25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
      REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
   PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
   WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
   WARNINGS.
      OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 864...WW 865...WW 866...WW
   867...
      DISCUSSION...LINE OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS OVER WESTERN IND AND
   WESTERN KY WILL TRACK EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
   TOWARDS WESTERN OH.  VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR
   PROFILES AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL POSE A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT
   TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THIS REGION.
      AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
         ...HART