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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 3, 2000Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 12:00 PM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2000, 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 12:30 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Knox County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 031702
SVRIND
INC083-031730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1200 PM EST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES

* UNTIL 1230 PM EST

* AT 1156 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRUCEVILLE AT 1215 PM EST
  BICKNELL AT 1230 PM EST

* WINDS OF 67 MPH REPORTED BY VINCENNES UNIVERSITY.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFzORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3867 8764 3854 8747 3873 8727 3888 8737

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 5:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.