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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2000, 4:24 PM EST for Henry County, Rush 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
- Sep 20, 2000, 4:24 PM EST (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2000, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Henry County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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, 4:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Manilla, 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, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 202125 SVRIND INC065-139-202200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 424 PM EST WED SEP 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 500 PM EST * AT 417 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CARTHAGE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KNIGHTSTOWN AT 430 PM EST NEW CASTLE AT 440 PM EST RUSHVILLE AT 445 PM EST CADIZ AT 450 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. REPORT 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 4003 8550 3950 8566 3948 8536 4005 8525
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, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 45 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, 4:31 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.