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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 4:27 PM EST for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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
- May 9, 2000, 4:27 PM EST (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2000, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Montgomery County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Waynetown, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 092129 SVRIND INC107-092200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 427 PM EST TUE MAY 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE * UNTIL 500 PM EST * AT 425 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF NEW MARKET...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CRAWFORDSVILLE AT 430 PM EST DARLINGTON AT 445 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 PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN WESTERN CRAWFORDSVILLE AT 425 PM. LAT...LON 4017 8708 3988 8705 3990 8673 4022 8674 TUCEK/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, 4:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 28 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 |
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.