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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 2000Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 7:27 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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 20, 2000, 7:27 PM EST (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 8:00 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 810 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KIND 210027
SVRIND
INC139-210100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
727 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 723 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSHVILLE AT 740 PM EST

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAJL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3962 8564 3944 8564 3945 8532 3967 8532

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHenry, Randolph30 min
Jun 20, 10:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren49 min
Jun 20, 10:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion37 min
Jun 21, 12:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox35 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.