Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2000, 3:45 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Sep 20, 2000, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2000, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 3:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Anderson, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 202046 SVRIND INC095-202130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST WED SEP 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON * UNTIL 430 PM EST * AT 341 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDGEWOOD AT 350 PM EST ANDERSON AT 355 PM EST ORESTES AT 400 PM EST ALEXANDRIA AT 405 PM EST THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. R9EPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 4037 8584 3997 8584 3999 8563 4037 8562 PUMA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 20, 3:15 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 3:15 PM EST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED 3RD PARA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST WED SEP 20 2000 BESIDES HANDLING THE WATCH...THOUGHT BIGGEST CHALLENGE TEMPS TONIGHT TOMORROW. SEVERE WEATHER NOT BIG DEAL TDY EXCEPT FOR THE LOGISITICS. EXTRAPOLATION FROM SFC AND UPR AIR...AND MODELS...ALL WHIP FRONT THROUGH BY EVENING...WITH COLD AIR BEHIND IT RAPIDLY KILLING SVR THREAT. SAME PROCESS MAINTAINS POST FRONTAL SHOWERS THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING...BUT CLEARS US OUT BY MORNING AND KEEPS US CLEAR THURSDAY NIGHT. ALL MODELS RETURN WAA CLOUDS FRIDAY. IN FROPA SITUATIONS...BUT MOS OFTEN AVERAGES ACROSS SHARP GRADIENTS...CAUSING TOO COLD FIRST PERIOD AND TOO WARM LATER. FWC TOO COOL OVERNIGHT CONSIDERING WHATS UPSTREAM...GROUND WILL BE WET...AND WINDS STILL UP A LITTLE. AIR THAT WILL BE OVER US THURSDAY WOULD SUPPORT BIG CUT TO MOS HIGHS...BUT ITS UNDER CLOUD. ALLOWING FOR SUN I THINK SLIGHTLY BELOW MOS IN ORDER TOMORROW. CLOSE TO GUIDANCE AFT THURSDAY SINCE IT USUALLY LOCKS ON BY 3RD AND 4TH PERIOD IN MUNDANE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. .IND...NONE. KWIATKOWSKI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 3:02 PM EST, 43 minutes before
INZ030-031-037>040-045>048-052>055-060>063-067>070-202100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 302 PM EST WED SEP 20 2000 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH STRETCH IN A LINE FROM NEAR KOKOMO TO LEBANON BACK TO GREENCASTLE DOWN TO LINTON AND SULLIVAN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS WILL EXCEED ONE HALF INCH. WINDS GUSTS OF 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY WITH TREE LIMBS DOWN. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MADISON...MARION...MORGAN AND MONROE COUNTIES AFTER 315 PM EST. SHARTRAN
Local storm report, Sep 20, 3:24 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
324 PM EST WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM SULLIVAN IN WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 SULLIVAN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. TREE LIMBS 7
TO 8 INCH DIA DOWN.
0302 PM 1 E SULLIVAN IN WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 SULLIVAN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. TREE AND
TREE LIMBS DOWN.Local storm report, Sep 20, 3:31 PM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
331 PM EST WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0325 PM ELLETTSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 MONROE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. POWER LINES
AND TREES DOWN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 43 min |
| Sep 20, 3:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 4:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 29 min |
| Sep 20, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 26 min |
| Sep 20, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 35 min |
| Sep 20, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 36 min |
| Sep 20, 4:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 29 min |
| Sep 20, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 29 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.