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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 2000Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 1:32 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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, 1:32 PM EST (18:32 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 2:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Madison County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 1:47 PM ESTHail 2.75Anderson, 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 181833
SVRIND
INC095-181915-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON

* UNTIL 215 PM EST

* AT 130 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF FRANKTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKTON AT 140 PM EST
  ALEXANDRIA AT 145 PM EST

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

LAT...LON 4036 8582 4007 8584 4007 8561 4038 8561

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, 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, 1:52 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.