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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 6:25 PM EST for Johnson County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 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
- Jun 20, 2000, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2000, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Johnson County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Martinsville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
922 WUUS53 KIND 202326 SVRIND INC081-109-202345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 645 PM EST * AT 621 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BETHANY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BANTA AT 630 PM EST BARGERSVILLE AT 640 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. LAT...LON 3962 8644 3935 8644 3934 8613 3963 8613
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vigo | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Madison | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 6:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 31 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.