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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 4:17 PM EST for Clay County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2000, 4:17 PM EST (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2000, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Brazil, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -452 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -893 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 092119 SVRIND INC021-092145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 417 PM EST TUE MAY 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 445 PM EST * AT 415 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRAZIL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BRAZIL AT 425 PM EST POLAND AT 440 PM EST REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 3955 8718 3922 87`22 3923 8710 3957 8708 PUMA/CREAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 45 min |
| May 9, 2:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 24 min |
| May 9, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 34 min |
| May 9, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion, Warren | 46 min |
| May 9, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| May 9, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 26 min |
| May 9, 4:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 39 min |
| May 9, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 9, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 26 min |
| May 9, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 31 min |
| May 9, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 43 min |
| May 9, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 47 min |
| May 9, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Tipton | 51 min |
| May 9, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 51 min |
| May 9, 5:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 27 min |
| May 9, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 48 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.