Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

May 18, 2000, 10:48 AM EST (15:48 UTC)

Expired

May 18, 2000, 11:15 AM EST

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Montgomery County, IN

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
WUUS53 KIND 181550 COR
SVRIND
INC107-181615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED CODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1048 AM EST THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE

* UNTIL 1115 AM EST

* AT 1045 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF ALAMO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST
  OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CRAWFORDSVILLE AT 1100 AM EST
  DARLINGTON AT 1105 AM EST

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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 4011 8708 3994 8708 3999 8671 4015 8670

JK

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 18, 3:00 AM EST, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 AM EST THU MAY 18 2000

ISSUE TODAY WILL BE SUNSHINE AMOUNTS FOR MAX TEMPS AND TIMING OF
STORMS. SFC AND UPR LOW STACKED OVR CNTRL KS/NE BORDER AT 07Z.
WDSPRD SHRA AND TSRA ALONG AND NORTH OF FNT FM SRN MN TO CNTRL MI.
CI BANDS ACRS STATE.

MODELS GENERALLY SIMILAR IN BRINGING WEAKENING SYSTEM FROM PLAINS TO
IL AND IN THIS AFTN AND TNGT. DESPITE WEAKENING OF SYSTEM...WIND
SPEEDS REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG AND FAIRLY SHEARED AS JETS NOSE THERE
WAY INTO IL THIS AFTN. PREFER LESS CLOUDY ETA/AVN FOR TODAY BASED ON
CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS. THIS LEADS TO MAXS ABV FWC...STRONGER
INSTABILITY THAN NGM SUGGESTS AND STORMS THIS AFTN AND TNGT FOR MUCH
OF CWA. AS THEY ARE NOW...MOST WDSPRD TSRA WL TAKE PLACE ALONG AND
NORTH OF SWRD SAGGING FNT BRINGING NRN IN ANOTHER DOSE OF DROUGHT
RELIEF.  WRM SECTOR STORM DVLPMNT XPCTD IN CNTRL IL DURG AFTN
SPREADING INTO MUCH OF CNTRL IN AS SCT CELLS AHEAD OF EVENTUAL LINE.
DO EXPECT SVR POTENTIAL GIVEN INSTABILITY AND SHEAR PRESENT. TSRA TO
BE WDSPRD THIS EVENING WITH HVY RAIN PSBL FOR NRN CWA. ALL MODELS SHOW
CDFNT TO BE IN SRN IN DURING FRI AND WITH UPR DYNAMICS PROVIDING
LIFT OVER FAVORABLY WRM AND MOIST AIR...EXPCT SCT TSRA FOR FAR SRN CWA
DURG AFTN...ESPECIALLY SE CWA. DECENT THERMAL BNDRY MAY SUGGEST MORE
SVR.

WITH SOME SUNSHINE EXPECTED TDA AND FWC TOTALLY OVC...XPCT MAXS A
CAT ABOVE FWC MOST PLACES AND DEFINITELY WRMEST SOUTH IN LONGER
LASTING SUN. WITH CDFNT OVR CWA TNGT MINS HAVE LRG SPREAD BUT A
FWC/AVN BLEND LOOKS GOOD. CLOUDY SKIES AND CANADIAN AIR FOR N HALF
OF CWA FRI WHILE HUMID AIR HANGS IN S CWA SO BROADEmR VARIATION OF
TEMPS EXPECTED WITH MAXS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WRM FWC AND COOL
FAN.

.IND...NONE.
TUCEK

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1048 AM EST THU MAY 18 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....{

1042 AM    1 NE CAYUGA          IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00   VERMILLION

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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