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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 2000Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 10:25 AM EST for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 4 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 18, 2000, 10:25 AM EST (15:25 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 11:00 AM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 10:40 AM ESTHail 2.75Stonebluff, IN
May 18, 10:40 AM ESTHail 2.5Newtown, IN
May 18, 10:42 AM ESTHail 1.75Cayuga, IN
May 18, 10:45 AM ESTHail 4.5Cayuga, 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 181529
SVRIND
INC045-165-171-181600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1025 AM EST THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST

* AT 1022 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE LINE CITY...OR
  ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES
  PER HOUR.    

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR VEEDERSBURG AT 1045 AM EST. 
 
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 3/4 INCH HAIL AT CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

RPG/JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 10:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery27 min
May 18, 11:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery14 min
May 18, 11:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone44 min
May 18, 11:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion35 min
May 18, 12:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery38 min
May 18, 12:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware46 min
May 18, 12:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain24 min
May 18, 12:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Tippecanoe26 min
May 18, 1:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton36 min
May 18, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton45 min
May 18, 1:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton46 min
May 18, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison43 min
May 18, 1:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware38 min
May 18, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry45 min
May 18, 2:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph35 min
May 18, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.