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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 9, 2000Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 5:09 PM EST for Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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, 5:09 PM EST (22:09 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 6:00 PM EST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Tipton County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 5:35 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 EEkin, IN
May 9, 5:43 PM ESTHail 1Hobbs, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 2:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 507 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
507 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 092210
SVRIND
INC057-067-159-092300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO
  TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 506 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF KEMPTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
  EAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KOKOMO AT 520 PM EST
  TIPTKON AT 525 PM EST
  NOBLESVILLE AT 535 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen45 min
May 9, 2:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan24 min
May 9, 3:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion34 min
May 9, 3:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion, Warren46 min
May 9, 3:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe31 min
May 9, 4:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion26 min
May 9, 4:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo39 min
May 9, 4:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay28 min
May 9, 4:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery33 min
May 9, 4:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll26 min
May 9, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam31 min
May 9, 4:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton43 min
May 9, 4:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks47 min
May 9, 5:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward51 min
May 9, 5:18 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Marion27 min
May 9, 5:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison36 min
May 9, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware48 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.