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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 6, 2000Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2000, 8:50 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2000, 8:50 PM EST (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2000, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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
Aug 6, 9:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Rockville, IN
Aug 6, 9:06 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Clinton, 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 6, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 070151
SVRIND
INC121-165-070215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
850 PM EST SUN AUG 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DANA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRVIEW PARK AT 900 PM EST
  MECCA AT 905 PM EST
  BLOOMINGDALE AT 910 PM EST
  ROCKVILLE AT 915 PM EST

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MONTEZUMA

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

LAT.I..LON 3980 8771 3967 8755 3965 8714 3989 8722
SE/SH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 8:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	35 min
Aug 6, 10:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	49 min
Aug 6, 10:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	33 min
Aug 6, 10:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Shelby	26 min
Aug 6, 10:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush	32 min
Aug 6, 10:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	36 min
Aug 6, 11:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson	37 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.