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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2000, 5:09 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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 31, 2000, 5:09 PM EST (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2000, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:25 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Dana, IN | Penny size hail reported by law enforcement. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 312210 SVRIND INC121-165-312245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 509 PM EST WED MAY 31 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 545 PM EST * AT 506 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF DANA...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MECCA AT 515 PM EST BLOOMINGDALE AT 525 PM EST MARSHALL AT 530 PM EST 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 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NzORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3988 8755 3968 8755 3969 8714 3991 8717
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 45 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.