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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 2000Delaware County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 12:29 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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
May 18, 2000, 12:29 PM EST (17:29 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 1:15 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Delaware County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1:09 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 52 EMuncie, 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 18, 11:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2000-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2000-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 472 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
472 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
483 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 181730
SVRIND
INC035-181815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1229 PM EST THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE

* UNTIL 115 PM EST

* AT 1228 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER YORKTOWN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MUNCIE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SELMA AT 1240 PM 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 RE\PORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 4028 8555 4011 8550 4017 8524 4038 8530

JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 10:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren35 min
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, 12:36 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.