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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 2000Fountain County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 10:38 PM EST for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 11:15 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 831 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
15.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 210339
SVRIND
INC045-165-210415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1038 PM EST TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 1033 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF PERRYSVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  SOUTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PERRYSVILLE AT 1050 PM EST
  COVINGTON AT 1055 PM EST
  VEEDERSBURG AT 1105 PM EST
  HILLSBORO AT 1110 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 200 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4012 8772 3995 8767 3998 8711 4017 8714

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush33 min
Jun 20, 7:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHenry, Randolph30 min
Jun 20, 10:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren49 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.