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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 2000Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 12:49 PM EST for Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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, 12:49 PM EST (17:49 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 1:15 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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, 1:01 PM ESTHail 3Romney, 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 181750
SVRIND
INC107-157-181815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1249 PM EST THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 115 PM EST

* AT 1244 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW RICHMOND...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL TRAVEL MAINLY OVER RURAL AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE 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 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 4026 8708 4008 8705 4011 8673 4031 8673

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, 12:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware46 min
May 18, 12:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain24 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

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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.