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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2000, 4:10 PM EST for Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 7, 2000, 4:10 PM EST (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2000, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:20 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Bicknell, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 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 072111 SVRIND INC083-153-072145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 410 PM EST FRI APR 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 445 PM EST * AT 407 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLISLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. REPORT SEVERE WEATHEWR TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 3900 8744 3882 8739 3884 8723 3901 8727
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 11:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 36 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.