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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 9, 2000Boone County, Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 4:47 PM EST for Boone County, Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 3 reports 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, 4:47 PM EST (21:47 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2000, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 9, 4:50 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Thorntown, IN
May 9, 5:04 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Lebanon, IN
May 9, 5:05 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Frankfort, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 092148
SVRIND
INC011-023-092230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
447 PM EST TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 445 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADVANCE...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES EAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLFAX AT 505 PM EST
  ULEN AT 510 PM EST
  FRANKFORT AT 530 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.

LAT...LON 3993 8671 3994 8628 4036 8627 4044 8669
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, 4:27 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, 4:58 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.