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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 9, 2000Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 7:59 AM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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 9, 2000, 7:59 AM EST (12:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2000, 8:30 AM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:03 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 9, 8:20 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Parker City, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 9, 7:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 8.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 091301
SVRIND
INC135-091330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
759 AM EST WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 830 AM EST

* AT 758 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF FARMLAND...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  EAST OF MUNCIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FARMLAND AT 805 AM EST
  WINCHESTER AT 810 AM EST
  UNION CITY AT 825 AM EST

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

LAT...LON 4031 8520 4008 8522 4004 8485 4028 8482

DT/JTC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 6:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	33 min
Aug 9, 7:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion	33 min
Aug 9, 7:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	33 min
Aug 9, 7:56 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	19 min
Aug 9, 8:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	29 min
Aug 9, 3:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	25 min
Aug 9, 4:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	36 min
Aug 9, 5:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	15 min
Aug 9, 6:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	38 min
Aug 9, 6:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	38 min
Aug 9, 6:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	35 min

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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.