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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 14, 2000Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 3:19 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 14, 2000, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 3:45 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 12:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 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.

367 
WUUS53 KIND 142019
SVRIND
INC157-142045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
319 PM EST WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 345 PM EST

* AT 314 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF OTTERBEIN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OTTERBEIN AT 345 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 600 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4057 8714 4044 8708 4058 8683 4067 8702

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren27 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll20 min
Jun 14, 6:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby19 min
Jun 14, 6:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry23 min
Jun 14, 6:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.