Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 9:54 PM EST for Carroll County, Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2000, 9:54 PM EST (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2000, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 18, 9:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165 WUUS53 KIND 190255 SVRIND INC015-023-157-190330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 954 PM EST THU MAY 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA EASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1030 PM EST * AT 954 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ROSSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FLORA AT 1005 PM EST BURLINGTON AT 1010 PM EST * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MULBERRY AND DAYTON A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4049 8683 4032 8678 4033 8632 4058 8641
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.