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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2000, 10:54 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2000, 10:54 PM EST (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2000, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 11:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Monrovia, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1991 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 070356 SVRIND INC109-070430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1054 PM EST SUN AUG 6 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1130 PM EST * AT 1051 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF LAKE HART...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MONROVIA AT 1110 PM EST MOORESVILLE AT 1115 PM EST BETHANY AT 1130 PM EST REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEARESuT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 3962 8666 3947 8669 3941 8627 3963 8627 SH/SE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 10:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 10:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 10:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 10:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 11:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.